Your Weekend Project: 8 Low-Cost, Low-Commitment Ways to Use Painter’s Drop Cloths

A fresh summer look on a dime: These eight low-commitment DIY projects use nothing more than a couple of humble canvas painter’s drop cloths, available at any hardware store.

Above: At the Spruceton Inn in the Catskills—seen also in the featured image—the owners use laundered painter’s drop cloths as summer bedspreads. Above: David Stark creates a one-step, budget tablecloth out of a canvas drop cloth in DIY: Painted Runner Tablecloth by David Stark. Above: This attractive tissue box cover is made out of a canvas drop cloth and can be painted in any hue. See Alexa’s how-to at DIY: Painted Canvas Tissue Box Cover. Above: A drop cloth becomes a curtain to conceal the washer/dryer in a small apartment in DIY: The $65 Laundry Closet, Renter’s Edition. Above: Hibiscus flowers are the secret to the subtle hue of this informal drop cloth turned tablecloth. For instructions, see DIY Hibiscus-Dyed Drop Cloth. Above: Allison Bloom of Dehn Bloom Design used a painter’s drop cloth to make an outdoor chair cover, see DIY: Paulistano Armchair with White Canvas Cover. Above: Replicate the Le Beanock Hammock with Gardenista’s project DIY: Instant Summer Hammock. Above: Jenny of Anything Pretty used drop cloths to create a shaded pergola; see DIY: Instant Painter’s Drop Cloth Pergola, over on Gardenista.

And another no-sew idea we like: canvas drop cloth as ad-hoc couch slipcover.

More summer DIYs:

• DIY Essential Oils in the Home: Lavender Linen Freshener
• DIY: A Summery Side Table by Two Young Paris Architects
• DIY: A Stylish, Modern Wooden Pegboard

N.B.: This post is an update; the original story ran on June 3, 2015.