{"id":212,"date":"2011-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/?p=212"},"modified":"2025-08-05T15:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:57:17","slug":"the-thousand-lives-of-a-rug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/hogar\/las-mil-vidas-de-un-tapete","title":{"rendered":"The thousand lives of a rug"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The thousand lives of a rug<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">El Costurero Magazine offers us a lot of DIY ideas to reuse old rugs lying around the house. From cushions, bowls, paintings, lamps to wedding dresses! Take note of all these tips and start creating.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class='post-info'>10 January 2011 by <a href='https:\/\/www.monapart.com\/magazine\/en\/autor\/monapart'>Monapart<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>EL COSTURERO MAGAZINE<\/strong> | 25.01.2011 | Editorial Staff<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/tapete_0.jpg\" alt=\"The thousand lives of a rug | Monapart\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Who would see me buying <strong>mats<\/strong> I would think that I have a lot of sofas and tables to decorate. But you'd be wrong, the reality is that, although it sounds strange, that typical piece that every grandmother weaves to put the glass of water on the bedside table, has awakened a new world full of glamour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giacanali.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/jillian-daxs-romantic-handmade-everything-california-mountain-elopement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jillian <\/a>she used them to make her own wedding dress, pattern included. Three weeks and metres of wool later, the result is <a href=\"http:\/\/giacanali.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/jillian-daxs-romantic-handmade-everything-california-mountain-elopement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this<\/a>. You may not dare, but she does. ....<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/tapete-wedding-dress.jpg\" alt=\"The thousand lives of a rug | Monapart\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The author of the blog <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyhappy.typepad.com\/tiny_happy\/2010\/04\/old-new.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tiny Happy<\/a> I wanted to experiment by mixing something new with something old, the result is this \"neo-Victorian\" blouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/tapete-t-shirt.jpg\" alt=\"The thousand lives of a rug | Monapart\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>How about opening the boot and rescuing the oldest ones? Some are so valuable that it's worth hanging them up as a mobile, as shown at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MarthaStewart.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/martha-stewart-stiffened-doilies.jpg\" alt=\"The thousand lives of a rug | Monapart\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To make toys and wild animals, like those of Anna Klara. From mat to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/annaklara2008\/2741151570\/in\/faves-creature_comforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lion<\/a>Now that's a change, and what a change! And what wild faces they are!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/tapete-doily-leones.jpg\" alt=\"The thousand lives of a rug | Monapart\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A long time ago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designsponge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Design Sponge<\/a> published a tutorial on how to create <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designsponge.com\/2008\/06\/diy-project-janes-doily-bowl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bowls<\/a>. The one in the picture belongs to the designer Jane Schouten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/doily-bowl-design-sponge.jpg\" alt=\"The thousand lives of a rug | Monapart\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But what really made me buy compulsively in the Chinese was this post from re-nest: 7 Ways to use doillies in a fresh an moder way. Well, and the fact that I had to cover up a slight hole in the sofa, the causes of which I can't reveal...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magazine.monapart.com\/sites\/default\/files\/mediabrowser\/doily-ideas-apartment-therapy.png\" alt=\"The thousand lives of a rug | Monapart\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This post is a transcript of the article he published <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elcostureromagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">El Costurero Magazine<\/a><\/strong> about the multiple uses we can give to the mats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Costurero Magazine offers us a lot of DIY ideas to reuse old rugs lying around the house. From cushions, bowls, paintings, lamps to wedding dresses! 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