Ladyfingers Side Patio Makeover Part III

So finally I'm posting the rug I almost put out with the Tuesday garbage pick-up a few weeks ago.  It had stains and gunk all over it, and thinking it was ready to toss, while dragging it out to the street, I got an inspiration and made a u-turn back to the garage.  I remembered I had a stencil upstairs in my craft closet, and some left-over black Ralph Lauren paint from years ago.  Basically, except for the 2 cans of spray paint I purchased, this project was 'free'. 

Here's the original rug.  I just went head-first and started creating as I went.

 

I added a little water to the black paint and just stippled it on to the rug.  It's so porous, it took a little time to do this to get good coverage.

Next, I just laid the stencil on the edge of the rug and painted the leaves lime green, and the little flowers hot pink.

I didn't go to extremes to lay the stencil out perfectly, I just lined it up where I thought it should go and started painting away.  I love the way it turned out.

 

So here's the rug with the chairs I re-did a couple of weeks ago.  This is still a work in progress so I'll be posting photos randomly when I complete the next step.

Enjoy!