In creating this floorcloth, I had the following information about my client:

• She lives in Arizona where the sun is bright and colors are too.
• She is originally from Tuscany in Italy.
• The house's style is contemporary and southwestern.
• The floorcloth was to be placed on a covered patio just outside and in full view of the kitchen.
• The dominating decorative element in the kitchen was the wallpaper shown below.

  

• I chose the color palette as well as the "block" motif for the floorcloth directly from the wallpaper sample. The sun designs in the 4 corners were inspired by the southwest and Tuscany connections. The ribbon-like motif along the border of the rug was inspired by the "free" lines in the wallpaper design. The center of the rug was first sponged and mottled and then spattered with paint flecks to echo the wallpaper again, and to hide dirt. Finally, the floorcloth was coated with 6 coats of exterior water-base polyurethane.

  My client told me that I "hit the mark" in creating a design that fits perfectly with her style and space.