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Home » DIY » Easy DIY Decor » How to Make a DIY Welcome Mat with a Plaid Pattern

October 27, 2017

How to Make a DIY Welcome Mat with a Plaid Pattern

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Learn how to paint a plaid welcome mat!

A few weeks ago, I read an article about fun DIY projects that we love, but that in reality, we will never do. A few were pretty intense, but one stood out. It was a very simple painted doormat that would probably take less than 10 minutes to complete. How did that simple project get on that list? But then I realized that I had never painted a doormat either, so I went and cried about my hypocrisy. Just kidding. I didn’t cry.

But I did come up with a plan to paint a plaid doormat to complete my curb appeal upgrade! One of my favorite things about DIY is getting to invent things that you can’t walk into a store and buy, like my DIY welcome mat.

Paint a plaid doormat and elevate your entryway! This easy DIY welcome mat is the perfect seasonal touch to boost your curb appeal on a budget! #curbappeal

This post is sponsored by DecoArt. DecoArt provided me with paint for this project, but all thoughts and opinions are my own. I would never recommend products that I wouldn’t buy or use on my own. 

How to Paint a Plaid Pattern on a DIY Welcome Mat

Supplies

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  • Plain coir doormat (similar)
  • Foam brushes
  • DecoArt Outdoor Living in LilyPad
  • DecoArt Outdoor Living in Morning Glory

    Paint a plaid doormat and elevate your entryway! This easy DIY welcome mat is the perfect seasonal touch to boost your curb appeal on a budget! #curbappeal

    (I didn’t end up using the tape.)

  1. Start with a plain coir welcome mat. Paint a plaid doormat and elevate your entryway! This easy DIY welcome mat is the perfect seasonal touch to boost your curb appeal on a budget! #curbappeal
  2. Figure out your spacing. My doormat has grooves which helps with spacing. In most plaid designs, one color is thick and one is thin. I decided that blue would be thick and green would be thin, with the coir color as the background. My blue line is about 4 inches thick and my green lines are about 1 inch thick. Paint a plaid doormat and elevate your entryway! This easy DIY welcome mat is the perfect seasonal touch to boost your curb appeal on a budget! #curbappeal
  3. I painted the horizontal lines first since they were already determined by the grooves on the mat. You could leave it like this and have a striped door mat!Paint a plaid doormat and elevate your entryway! This easy DIY welcome mat is the perfect seasonal touch to boost your curb appeal on a budget! #curbappeal
  4. When the paint was dry, I went back and added the vertical lines. I wanted the coir to show through as the background color, so I kept my plaid pattern minimal. Paint a plaid doormat and elevate your entryway! This easy DIY welcome mat is the perfect seasonal touch to boost your curb appeal on a budget! #curbappeal
  5. Once the paint was dry, I put my DIY welcome mat in front of my lovely yellow door. I love the way these colors look together!Paint a plaid doormat and elevate your entryway! This easy DIY welcome mat is the perfect seasonal touch to boost your curb appeal on a budget! #curbappeal

Tips for Painting Coir Doormats:

  • A foam brush provided better coverage than a paintbrush. It was able to get in all of those nooks and crannies.
  • If your lines aren’t perfect, don’t sweat it! Coir is very forgiving!
  • DecoArt Outdoor Living is specially formulated for outdoor use. More importantly though, it covered in ONE coat! Gotta love that!

Paint a plaid doormat and elevate your entryway! This easy DIY welcome mat is the perfect seasonal touch to boost your curb appeal on a budget! #curbappeal

So, what do you think? I think a painted plaid doormat is the perfect fall touch!

Paint a plaid doormat and elevate your entryway! This easy DIY welcome mat is the perfect seasonal touch to boost your curb appeal on a budget! #curbappeal

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Paint a plaid doormat and elevate your entryway! This easy DIY welcome mat is the perfect seasonal touch to boost your curb appeal on a budget! #curbappeal

Emy Flint

Emy is a vintage obsessed mama of 2 DIYer who loves sharing affordable solutions for common home problems. You don’t need a giant budget to create a lovely home. Read more…

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Filed Under: Easy DIY Decor, Outdoor Tagged With: curb appeal, DIY, my home, outside, paint

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  1. cassie bustamante says

    October 27, 2017 at 4:19 pm

    this is such a fun idea! i have an idea for a painted doormat but i have yet to execute.

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