We mid-century/retro lovers constantly bemoan the fact that good period rugs are either impossible to find, or if we do find them, they're prohibitively expensive. Designer Elise Metzger may have solved our problem.
According to the
website, Vecco is a painting technique for creating rugs and carpets inspired by you. With stencils, colorant sprays and sealants, you make custom designs that will tie any room together. With 13 colors (sage, golden yellow, rust, merlot, dark brown, dark blue, blue, hot pink, purple, orange, bright green, gray and dark gray) and 147 beautiful stencils to choose from, the design possibilities are almost endless. Kits are available, or you can buy items separately.
Vecco works best with nylon and polyester rugs in a cut pile, rather than a loop weave. The colorant does not adhere to olefin and polypropylene carpets, which has a continuous loop. A saxony cut pile, plush or velvet cut pile, or a friezé/shag rug is recommended. The site has a handy rug guide with pictures, in case you're not sure what to buy, or you can buy a rug from their site.
The website give step-by-step instructions for this DIY project, and the really cool thing is that mistakes need not worry you. The colorant vacuums right up until you apply the sealant, so nothing is set in stone until you love your rug.
Vecco stencils come in a variety of geometric, chevron, floral, animal and alphabet designs. They even carry stencils suitable for kids' rooms. Here are a just a few examples of the many stencils (and stencil combinations) you'll find.
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| Birchy Grove stencil pattern |
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| Stark Bark stencil pattern |
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| Birchy Grove and Stark Bark stencil combined |
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| Diamond Bling stencil pattern |
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Diamond Bling stencil
combined with Happy Daisy, Wild Waves and
in an owl design |
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| Awesome Blossoms stencil pattern |
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| Awesome Blossoms rug |
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| Bubbly stencil pattern |
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| Bubbly rug |
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| Fast Forward stencil pattern |
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| Charmed Classic Link stencil pattern |
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| Jazzy Dots stencil pattern |
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| Laughing Lines 3 stencil pattern |
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| Mushabloom stencil design |
Vecco products will be available on
fab.com for the next few days, so check there too.
