Your front porch is the first thing that people see coming to your home, so make it friendlier with a cool renovated doormat! Take your old one and spray-paint it first with a layer of white, to act as primer kind of, and to be the numbers. Make sure it is extra opaque where the...
This is a really quick and easy project that will help give some personality to your front porch or foyer. Not only is it fun, it’s practical and affordable as well. The supplies are a plain doormat, Folk Art Outdoor Acrylic Paint, card stock, pencil, something to cut the pattern with, and tape, a chip...
Need a good and durable doormat? Here’s a great idea from bobvila.com! Prepare 16 feet of 1″ x 2″ lumber, a handsaw, sandpaper, a drill with 1/4″ bit, wood stain, a printer, scissors, painter’s tape, acrylic paint, brushes, wood varnish, synthetic rope, a lighter or silicone glue. First, cut your wood into a total of...
A mat can be made of any materials, even of wood. But of rocks? Yes, it can! You’ll need many river rocks, the best way is to take similar flat and thin rocks, they should match their thickness; a doormat, some glue and an exacto knife. First make the shape of the mat you like,...
Welcome your guests with a rainbow mat! You can make it easily and without many expenses. You’ll need boards, a drill, sandpaper and some more instruments. Sand the faces and edges of each board with 120-grit sandpaper followed by 180-grit sandpaper. Then cut the boards into 9″-long pieces and sand the ends smooth. To paint...
If you don’t have a proper welcome mat in place at the front door you can use this idea to make a temporary one. Probably you’ll even like the possibility to change the look of the mat whatever you want and will use such solution for a long time. To make such mat give your...