THE BLUE SHAG RUG

So what do you do when you have too much coffee and a constant nagging feeling that the blue shag rug on your living room floor is not looking so good?  When I put the rug down in the living room six years ago I thought I was so hip and so chic. Now I'm not so sure. I dream of an antique art deco rug, blue and brown with birds and dragonflies and flowers. The problem my friends is we need to repair our leaky roof, so reality and good sense must reign over elegance and style, I'm afraid. So I ask again what does one do? My answer is. You paint the rug! Yes you heard me right.

This is how I did it. I bought four different shades of blue fabric paint and diluted it with a little water. I used a paint brush and brushed  from dark to light creating a funky sixties shag look. Well in my mind at least it looks like that and most of all it seems to have suppressed my dreams of a finer floor covering and most importantly the roof will  be fixed. So what do you think, did I do good, our am I crazy and seeing things?

Just a reminder if you try this at home, make sure the cat is far away and doesn't walk across the wet blue fabric tracking prints all over the hard wood floor as you race around frantically wiping and scrubbing  before the husband  gets home.