2 Ways to Make a Doormat Cooler

Doormats,
they’re the first thing most folks will see as they step into your
house, and in the winter they are the front line between horrid
mud-melty-snowy boots and the rest of your place. So why aren’t they
more awesome? Well they CAN be…. Martha has not one but TWO
techniques to give a bog-standard mat a little va-va-voom (sure they’re
relatively similar, but still…)

First a technique for adding a door number or lettering,

You’ll need:

• a coir doormat
• masking tape
• card stock
• utility knife
• ruler
• T pins
• enamel spray paint
• house numbers or letters. I love the fonts at Urban Fonts.

This is a reverse stencil technique, and basically what you do is pin
the numbers or letter to the mat, use masking tape to make a border
then giv’er with the spray paint. see the complete how to here. I
love the idea of a graffiti print “Welcome”, or a cheeky “Sod Off”. Or
maybe your own version of the ‘I am not a doormat’ mat above (£22, Pedlars)

The second technique is for two-colour pictorial stencils (Martha made a blue and red ‘patriotic’ mat).

You’ll need,

• a coir doormat
• masking tape
• card stock
• utility knife
• ruler
• T pins
• oil paints in the colour of your choice
• paint thinner
• paint brushes

And the images of your choice,  I think a faux
bois pattern would look completely brill, or even a simple tattoo-style
swallow motif.

Martha advises that “It’s better to do two light coats than one heavy one”. Head on over for the rest of the skinny.