DIY Sisal Flooring from a Rug

by Jesse Cook
(Columbia, SC)

I live in an apartment and needed a quick temporary fix for our guest bathroom floor. I had an old sisal rug that I wasn't using and I decided to use it as flooring in the tiny bathroom.

The linoleum was completely cracked and damaged but the landlord isn't going to replace it until after the new year. However, I have holiday guests coming!

The sisal goes with our general "beach" theme of the guest room, with shells and lots of natural decor and colors. It is just perfect!

How I did it:

I measured out the bathroom, which fortunately is just a large rectangle with a cut out for the toilet. I cut a large rectangle this size out of the center of my sisal rug and then drew out where I'd need to cut out the gap for the toilet. It isn't perfect (around the toilet) but you really can't tell unless you know to look there.

I glued it all down using gorilla glue. The old linoleum was being ripped up in a few months anyway so it didn't really matter what I used.

I've had it this way for a couple months now and I'm surprised how well it has held up! Sisal in a bathroom long term seems kind of gross (like carpet in a bathroom - ick) but as a temporary fix I love it!

Plus, this new flooring didn't cost me anything since I already had the rug and glue on hand.