DIY Non-Slip Rug Mat from Old Yoga Mat

When I completed the master bathroom a couple weeks ago, I had a few lingering items on the to-do list.  The one I’m sharing today wasn’t on that list.  It wasn’t even on my radar until I went for a little ride on our cute new bathmat the other day.

So today I’m sharing a DIY non-slip rug mat from an old yoga mat for the slippery bathmat (that’s a lot of mats!).

$200 Master Bathroom Refresh | Homespun by Laura

You can just barely see the bottom of the frame in this photo…

The slippery bathmat was a surprisingly easy fix.  I had this old, thin yoga mat that came for free with a shoe purchase from DSW a couple years ago.  It actually traveled around the country with us last year on our 80-day road trip so I could do my post-run stretches in hotel rooms without touching the gross floors, but I had no need for it after we returned home.  It sat in a closet for a year, then it went to Goodwill.  Except the Mister somehow forgot to get it out of the car, so it came back.  I then decided I’d keep it because surely I could come up with a use for it.

Enter the slippery bathmat.  And a pair of scissors.

DIY NON-SKID RUG BACKING FROM OLD YOGA MAT

DIY NON-SKID RUG BACKING FROM OLD YOGA MAT | Homespun by Laura

I simply rolled the yoga mat out and trimmed it down to size, using the bathmat as a template.

DIY NON-SKID RUG BACKING FROM OLD YOGA MAT | Homespun by Laura

Plenty yoga mat remains to make a mat for another small mat or rug.

DIY NON-SKID RUG BACKING FROM OLD YOGA MAT | Homespun by Laura

This is a great – and free – non-skid upgrade to the cute bathmat.

DIY NON-SKID RUG BACKING FROM OLD YOGA MAT | Homespun by Laura

While the yoga mat was a pretty thin, lousy mat, especially on hardwood floors, it combines nicely with the bathmat to create a softer, cushier respite for our feet than the bathmat did on its own.

DIY NON-SKID RUG BACKING FROM OLD YOGA MAT | Homespun by Laura

There you have it!  An easy DIY non-skid rug mat from an old yoga mat.  One more thing checked off the to-do list, but many remain…

Laura

Read more about the $200 Master Bathroom Refresh here!

The completely finished space, soon before we moved out.

The almost finished space, before I hung the photo or blinds. Or fixed the toilet paper dispenser.

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Removing clutter from the counter and replacing the faucet made a big change. Why didn’t we do it sooner?!

2 thoughts on “DIY Non-Slip Rug Mat from Old Yoga Mat

  1. SH says:

    until I went for a little ride on it the other day…(wittiest description of the day!)
    So clever with the yoga mat, and hope you’ve seen your “last ride.”

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