A concrete stained rug is a design created in your concrete floor with different elements. It can be any shape and in any room and in any size. Some of the typical elements that can be used would be scoring, stencils and freehand work. On top of that you can layer on color and texture.
Concrete rugs can be very simple with a scored border stained a different color and a stenciled design in the middle to a very complex rug that is hard to distinguish from a fabric rug without walking up to it and looking closely or sometimes even touching.
When designing a concrete rug I like to start by going to the project site with a piece of sidewalk chalk and some straight edges. I start by drawing out the general size of the rug.
Then I start looking around the rest of the project, the room, the home, the surroundings for what other elements are already there. Is there stained glass in a door that has a center piece that we can use a center piece in the carpet? Is there a certain style already being used? Is there a repeating pattern already being used that can be used in the carpet?
What does the owner envision? Are there fabrics or china that has patterns that resonate with them? Have they a dream folder with pulled “looks” and “ideas” from magazines? Do we want the pattern to be flat or raised with a micro-topping?
Once we decide on patterns, then I start looking at borders, one or two or more? Plain or with a cut out at the corner? Mitered or not? A tile pattern inside the rug? Straight or diagonal?
Then we look at color. How many colors, where do we repeat the color?
This kind of work is very labor intensive and if stencils are ordered as well, it can significantly add to cost of your project, but you are sure to have a lovely, very unique and beautiful centerpiece in your project.
