welcome mat

Of all things, a welcome mat is one of the toughest to buy...

I left the same one out on the porch for almost 3 years because, truthfully, I typically hate them all.

And who wants to spend $30 on something you rarely see and gets beat to crap?? Not me.

I recently invested in a more pricier one for our main door - which is beautiful - but absolutely didn't need one so extravagant for the side porch.  Instead of just laying out a basic $10 mat, I decided to doctor one up a bit!

So easy... And so worth it!

This basic mat was $10 at Home Depot - high quality, but plain as day.  

The tools:

-painters tape

-acrylic craft paint

-disposable makeup sponges

Easy enough... Section off the mat with painters tape (I wanted a 3" racing stripe and a 1" stripe)

Dab paint with the makeup sponge.

Once dry - remove tape.  This is such an easy project - I'm sorry for the silly instructions!

You can obviously customize it anyway you want.  A simple "holla!" worked for me.

I wrote it on the mat with some puffy paint and let dry slightly.

Then traced over the letters with my paint and a q-tip!

So fun!! xoxo