I love rugs because we have hardwood floors on most of our first floor. With 2 boys the floors tend to get dirty and marks in them quite a bit. In my attempt to keep at least some areas gauge free from toys, I place rugs everywhere. I recently bought two matching wool rugs at a local store. With the sale price and coupon, I still paid $22 a piece. A little more than what I would want to spend, but since they were wool I thought they would last longer. Boy was I wrong, after about 4 months they started falling apart and this was without ever washing them. I was not happy and did not want to spend that much money again in such a short time. So I went to Jo-Ann fabrics (one on my favorite places) and bought 2 yards of burlap. It was $13.89 for two yards, but of course I buy nothing there without a coupon so I paid $6.99 for two yards.
I just used an old white twin sheet and cut it the size of the burlap. I turned over the edges, pinned and sewed to made a rug that works and looks great in the house for $7. I was a good day!
You can do this with any heavier fabric, but make sure you wait until it is on sale. If you cannot sew you do not have to line the rug and you may be able to just use fabric glue to turn the edges over. I have never tried it, so if someone has, please let us know how it has worked.
Keep on savin'!
No comments:
Post a Comment