Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Gettin' my chevron on!

I finally joined the band wagon.  And I'm super happy!!!  I saw an awesome rug on House of Smith's and Tatertots and Jello.  I literally went out and bought the supplies the next day.  Did I start the project right away?  Nope of course not, that isn't my style ;-) But that doesn't matter now, cuz I finished it today!

I pretty much copied Shelley and Jen's tutorials verbatim.  You can check out Shelley's here and Jen's here.

I rolled out my Egeby rug and taped off the edges.


Then with a sponge roller I rolled on my white latex paint.  And I am not gonna lie, it sucked up the paint.  I had a quart of one coat white and used it all.  I definitely didn't get even coverage but I was fine with it.



At first I thought I would tape off my zig zags chevron pattern but got pretty discouraged when I couldn't get the spacing right.  So I bit the bullet and printed out a  template with Sophie the silhouette and some vinyl.  Worked great!


Because I was too lazy to find a ruler I just used a piece of vinyl to measure my spacing between zig zags.


Using a small paintbrush and some free aqua paint from one of my best buds, I started dapping on the paint.  Things were going well for about 5 minutes then I messed it up....grrrr.  You can see below how I put the template in the wrong spot. :-(  Nothing a bit of white paint can't fix.



Here it is in my entry way...


You can really see my boo boo in this picture.  I still need to distress it with my sander and I think that will help mask it even more.  I just couldn't wait to get it in my entry way!!

15 comments:

  1. Andi!!! It is so pretty!! You did a wonderful job!!

    xxo
    Jen

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  2. WOW! You did such a good job. That aqua is so pretty, no wonder you love it so much. Way to go, Andi!

    ~Jazz

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  3. That looks so great! nice job! I'm so glad that you were inspired.
    That chevron pattern is just great!
    ~Shelley
    thehouseofsmiths.com

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  4. I love the color you chose, Andi! It came out terrific, and I love the way it looks in your entrance way--

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  5. hmmm... I can't see the "boo boo?" I think it looks so cute! Love your wreath on the door too :)

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  6. GORGEOUS Andi!!! I love it! Great job - ASFL fo' sho'

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  7. It looks great! I love the color.

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  8. it loooks aaaaaaaaamazing! love it!!!

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  9. Love it! I have the supplies sitting in my laundry room - the rug has been in there for about 3 weeks now and I still haven't tackled it. We'll see when it gets done. Hope it looks as great as yours!

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  10. That is the coolest!! Fits your personality for sure!

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  11. It looks perfect in your adorable entryway!! :) I love chevron and aqua!! Nice work!

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  12. Fantastic job, Andi! I can't even see where you made a mistake (and I was really trying :)

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  13. Wow that looks amazing! Love your blog.

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  14. So I basically love this!! The aqua is perfect!! Love the chevron!!

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