Rag Rug

Painted Scandinavian Rag Rug

A rag rug on the front porch would be nice, cozy it up a bit ya' know;

give it a little bit of that Scandinavian spice.

Hmmmmm...I was thinking; the porch gets a lot of traffic and

a lot of weather so a rag rug was not really feasible.

 Light bulb turns on: how about if I paint it to make it look like a rag rug?

Then we can just sweep right over it and hose it down when needed. :-)

So with my colored crayola pencils and some graph paper an idea is put down on paper.

(Hey, I'm not an artist or a designer, I'm an accountant for heaven's sake and I am always in a hurry!)

 This is the best I can do unless I try to slow down and

I have had much too much "Iced Coffee a Go-Go" to do that.  :-)

...SO...

The NVO helps prepare the peeling concrete from where it had been painted before:

I apologize in advance for this photo, but I had to prove that, although

 the NVO is very good at prepping the concrete for my crazy ideas,

 he is not a good plumber!

And here is the result of that archaic drawing and a finely prepped area to paint.

(Thanks to the NVO - the prep is the most work and unfortunately the least bang for the buck.)

Man, is it ever fun fixing up the joint!