French Country Tile Kitchen Canvas Floor Rug DIY Project

French Country Paint Process for a Kitchen Canvas Floor Rug

Creating a French Country antique paint finish on your Kitchen Canvas Floor Rug is an easy project that can be accomplished in one weekend. To start this French Country Kitchen Canvas Floor Rug project you will need a few different materials from your local home improvement store as well as some time.

Here is a list of supplies you will need to start French Country Kitchen Canvas Floor Rug:

Primer
Bright or Royal Blue Paint & Sunny Yellow Paint or Terra Cotta and Blue Paint
Roller paint brushes
A variety of 2", 3", or 4" paintbrushes
Wood stain
Glaze
Sandpaper
Drop clothes
Cheap, outdated, or plain Canvas Floor Rug

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First, put a coat of primer on your plain Canvas Floor Rug. If you are painting over a canvas surface this is a very important step. Your resurfacing and French Country antique paint technique will not stick to your surface if you don't prime your Kitchen Canvas Floor Rug.

If you want a rough more rustic French Country look try putting the primer on with one of the 4" brushes. This will give texture and create the look of real wood. If you prefer the smoother look you can roll the paint on with any type of paint roller. A foam roller will create the smoothest surface.

Allow your primer to dry completely.

Now, paint on a coat of a light gray wall paint. Let this dry. This will be your "grout."

Once this has dried to you can tape off a tile pattern with ¼ inch blue painter's tape on your Canvas Floor Rug. Press this carefully onto your rug. This will keep your "grout" protected while you paint the tiles on your rug.

Put on a coat of your base paint, which can be one of two colors. You can use yellow as your base and blue as your topcoat or blue as your base and terra cotta as your topcoat. This first paint should not be the actual color you want your French Country Kitchen Canvas Floor Rug to end up, but the color you want to show through when you antique the Kitchen rug.

Now you are ready to paint your French Country Kitchen Canvas Floor Rug with the real color you wish them to be, so blue or terra cotta, whichever applies to you.