23 Dramatic And Easy Canvas Drop-Cloth DIYs To Try

These DIYs transform the (literal) blank canvas used to safeguard floors from paint spills into cool stuff. At different sizes, you can pick a canvas drop cloth that will fit your project--and use any remaining scraps, too.

1. Chevron Picnic Blanket

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Create the perfect little picnic spot with painter's tape and fabric paint meant to last through grass stains, mimosa spills, and machine washes.

2. Colorful Camera Strap

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Sub in a strip of drop cloth for the called-for cotton webbing and you'll have a camera strap that looks like a fashion designer paid you to wear it.

3. Anthropologie-Inspired Shower Curtain

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Artfully sewed-on strips of an old white sheet give this neutral drop cloth some pops of feminine detailing.

4. Painted Floor Covering

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This project calls for painting a geometric pattern on a floor cloth, but cut-to-size canvas dropcloths will do the trick!

5. No-Sew Script Curtain Panels

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These pretty, customizable drop cloth panels say something with text of your choice.

6. Ruler Table Runner

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You can hem the edges (if you want), but otherwise this project requires merely some a marker, ruler, and scissors.

7. Tissue Box Storage Caddy

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Transform an empty tissue box into your storage BFF by wrapping it in jute rope and lining it with dropcloth scraps (from all your other projects) for a finished look.

8. Nursery Wall Art

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Start the kid off right with art and text from a beloved children's book center stage in a nursery.

9. Relaxing Hammock

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If you're lucky enough to have two trees at your disposal, this hammock would make a relaxing spot that spares you of weird waffle-print skin from rope hammocks.

10. Woven Canvas Outdoor Canopy

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Doctor up a boring pergola by weaving wide strips of drop cloth and string lights through slats for a dreamy outdoor canopy effect.

11. Rosette Pillowcase

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Sturdy canvas makes a solid choice for creating 3-D rosettes on a plain (drop cloth or not) pillowcase.

12. Colorful Storage Containers

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Paint and a little sewing turns sturdy canvas into even sturdier storage containers that will stand up to being not-so-gently used.

13. Flowing Neutral Bedskirt

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Hide all of your under-the-bed storage containers with a flowing bedskirt cut to size from a large drop cloth.

14. Striped Outdoor Tablecloth

yellowbrickhome.com

Jazz up a ho-hum outdoor dining area pop with this neutral-and-neon striped tablecloth painting project.

15. Ruffled Curtains

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Frayed is better when it comes to these ruffled drop cloths. Forget the hemming!

16. Tufted Headboard

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Make your own tufted headboard instead of shelling out cash for a flashy, expensive version.

17. Painted Envelope Pillowcases

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Let your imagination run wild with a paintbrush on these easy pillowcases.

18. Drop Cloth-Covered Letters

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A gallery wall feels incomplete without some kind of 3-D object, and one of these letters just may fill that void.

19. Streamlined Slipcovers

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Cover up ugly secondhand chairs with this easy tutorial.

20. No-Sew Dog Bed Cover

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Washable peel-and-stick tape does wonders for no-sew projects, including this striped dog bed cover for furry friends.

21. Stenciled Dish Towels

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Dish drying gets a dose of personality with painter's tape and stenciling.

22. DIY Upholstered Chairs

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Trashed chairs get a major facelift with painted dropcloth upholstered seats and some white paint.

23. Pottery Barn-Inspired Lampshades

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Plain drum lampshades and a black paint pen make for an easy store-ready copy.