Traditionally Handcrafted Floorcloths

Designing your floorcloth
Are you thinking about a traditional handcrafted floorcloth for your home? Perhaps you've admired floorcloths after seeing them on TV, in a magazine, or at a craft show—or something in my gallery may have sparked your interest. You may not be sure exactly what design, color, or size you want so I've developed this page to help you design your own floorcloth—lets begin with the canvas.

Canvas
When making a floorcloth the quality of the product is important to me. All my floorcloths are made with 100% cotton duck canvas. The smaller floorcloths are made with #8 canvas (18 oz). The larger floorcloths are made with #4 canvas (24 oz). Both are very durable weights and will last a very long time. For extra strength , I sew a 1 inch hem around the perimeter of each floorcloth and miter the corners so they lay flat.

Size
A basic guideline for common floorcloth sizes is 2x3, 2x6, 3x5, 4x6, 5x7, and 8x10. These sizes can easily be transformed to more exact measurements for that special spot in your home.

Pricing
All my floor cloths are priced by the square foot. I charge $25 sq. ft. for floorcloths that are simple checkerboard patterns using any colors. I charge $30 a sq. ft. for floorcloths that have basic designs with simple motifs, and solid paint colors. Floorcloths with detailed designs and borders that incorporate different paint textured effects are $35 sq. ft.. All custom work starts at $40 sq. ft. Custom work entails creating a new design, matching fabrics or wallpapers and incorporating some paint textured effects to coordinate with your decor.

Blank floorcloths, so you can make your own, are available in #8 or #4 canvas. The size can be made to suit your space. Each blank is shrunk, sewn with a 1 inch hem, has mitered corners, and is primed, sanded and base coated.

All floorcloth pricing levels above include color samples. I will also create a sample for you with the design in the colors you choose. Placing the sample in your home can give you a really good idea of how it will work with your decor.

COLOR
Below are many options, the first selections are solid paint colors which can be used in any part of your floorcloth. The next group of colors are textured effects. These colors add a lot of depth to the floorcloth and can either be used as base colors or in the elements of the design. We follow with a parchment style which uses 3-4 different colors all in the same hue, resulting in a variegated look similar to that of parchment paper. These colors are primarily used as base colors in a floorcloth. The final color selection is the old world or aged look. These paint techniques can transform the appearance of your floorcloth from new to old.

Please keep in mind that the colors appear differently on different monitors.

Solid Paint Colors

Plantation Red	Salem Brick	French Red	Georgian Brick
Hale Navy	Brewster Blue	Monsoon Blue	Yarmouth Blue
Sesame Seed	Antique Yellow	Valley Forge Mustard	Marblehead Gold
Cushing Green	Forest Green	Lafayette Green	Antique Pewter
Rittenhouse Ivory	Linen White	Bennington Grey	Rockport Grey

Textured Effect Samples
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Parchment Style Colors

Brick Dark	Brick Med	Brick Light	Tuscany Dark	Tuscany Med	Tuscany Light
Sand Dark	Sand Med	Sand Light	Denim Dark	Denim Med	Denim Light

Parchment Style Samples
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Sand Sample

Brick Sample

Denim Sample

Tuscany Sample

Old World / Aged Effects
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