DIY Stenciled Drop Cloth Shower Curtain

DIY Stenciled Shower Curtain from SAS Interiors

Faux Canvas Print

Beckie wanted a canvas print of her family portrait, but she didn't want to fork out the small fortune that they usually cost.  So being the crafty lady that she is, she she figured out a way to come up with one on her own:

She printed her photo in a large poster size, and then used Mod Podge and a canvas drop cloth to create a texture on top of the photo:

It looks beautiful and you can learn how to make your own faux canvas print for around $30 dollars over at Infarrantly Creative.

Drop Cloth Outdoor Rug

I found another fun idea for a canvas drop cloth over at Remodleaholic:

Faith's Place took some paint to it and made it into an outdoor rug.  I am starting to think the possibilities are endless!

If you want something  a little thicker, Design Sponge featured this one:

Same idea, just with an inexpensive plain carpet instead of a drop cloth.

Wood Framed Canvas

Curbly has a tutorial of turning a vintage flag into wall art:

I do not have a vintage flag, but I think the wood frame they built:

Would work really well for displaying a drop cloth canvas art piece too:

Don't you think?

Canvas Drop Cloth Art

I have seen drop cloths used in a lot of different ways.  Curtains, headboards, upholstery fabric, and holiday decor to name a few.  I even bought some to use as exterior curtains in my old house to help block out the sun in the hot summer months.

They are all fun and beautiful and useful, but this one from House Tweaking might be my favorite use for a drop cloth yet:

Of course I love the line from You Are My Sunshine, but what I really love are all of the possibilities.

When I was in Junior High I really wanted to splatter paint my room.  I don't think I ever even asked my parents because I was pretty sure the answer would be no, but I could have splatter painted a drop cloth and hung it on the wall and had the same look in a non permanent, never have to paint over it way.

My daughter hangs all of her favorite art projects above her bed.  How fun would it be to just let her go to town on a huge drop cloth and have a giant piece of her own art hanging above her bed.  Temporary and inexpensive, but I have no doubt that it would make her year!

Pergola Update

Jenny from Anything Pretty was a guest blogger at Remodelaholics last week and posted about how she turned this

into this:

using a canvas drop cloth!  You need to go HERE and check it out!

Hardware Store Headboard

Shanty 2 Chic made these cute headboards with hardware store purchases:

A drop cloth, styrofoam insulation, and some paint.  As if I didn't have enough reasons to love Home Depot!  

You can see her tutorial for this monogramed headboard HERE.

Holiday Wall Art

Apothecary jars filled with ornaments are always beautiful, but what I love in this picture from HGTV are the ornaments on the wall behind the jars.

They covered a picture with craft paper (I think burlap or even a drop cloth would be pretty and add some fun texture) and then attached the ornaments using pull and release tape. (The same kind of stuff that is on the 3M hooks you can put on your wall.)

I think it would be fun to do a Christmas tree shape out of green ornaments! Probably because I am still stuck on the fact that we don't have a tree this year. But you have to agree that it would be cute.

You can see the full wall display in THIS video.

Hardware Snowflake

I love the DIY stuff that they come up with at Lowe's for their Creative Ideas catalog. Like this snowflake painting:


They used a drop cloth as a canvas, masked off a snowflake with painters tape, and then sprayed it with gold spray paint. Then they poked some holes and put Christmas lights through them. Pretty darn gorgeous if you ask me.

Lowe's Creative Halloween Ideas

Lowe's has a very fun site (and magazine) dedicated to Do It Yourself projects. They always have some fun ideas, and Halloween is no different. Here are some of my favorite ideas from their site.

Spooky curtains made out of cheesecloth soaked in coffee:


A candy corn bucket made from a plastic pail and electrical tape:

And the cute little ghosts made from cheese cloth and white plastic buckets.

Or these ghosts made from a tomato cage and a drop cloth:


These really fun tombstones made of foam board and stone spray paint:


And the gigantic spider web made from friction tape:


I love them ALL!

Desk Cover Up

Amanda at Imperfectly Beautiful found another great use for drop cloths:


She made a skirt for her desk/table to hide the cords and whatnot that sits underneath. And she used upholstery tacks to give it this great nail head trim:

Beautiful! I actually have a drop cloth I bought to make a curtain and it wasn't long enough, so now I need to figure out what needs a skirt in my house.

Drop Cloth Upholstery

Drop cloths have made their way around the blogoshpere as drapes. And it is a pretty great idea. Cute, inexpensive, and easy. Well Holly the Homebody has taken it a step further. She used a drop cloth to reupholster chairs:


Check out all the great pictures of this drop cloth makeover on her blog. And let me know what else you have used drop cloths for!

Drop Cloth Drapes

See these drapes from Pottery Barn:


They are 96' long. They are linen. They are pretty. And they are expensive.

But you can by canvas drop clothes at any home improvement store and make your own for about $10 a panel.

Like these from Bienvenue:


They come already hemmed like Layla's:

And you can even add some fancy trim like Hayley:

Pretty nice looking for pretty darn cheap. You might want to check out different places because the color of the linens are different. So buy a couple, find the ones you like the best, and return the others. Or use them as a drop cloth.