Scale Doormat

Oh dear Christmas is over and all those chocs and mince pies have gone. That extra helping of Christmas pudding has really taken its toll on your waistline. Well the New Year is here and the inevitable “I must loose weight” resolution is upon us.

The Doormat scale is a good way to force you to check your weight on a daily basis, since you’ll have to weigh yourself every time you enter or leave the house.  The Doormat Scale will become your best ally when it comes to losing weight.

Also, you’ll finally know how much your guests weigh: including your friends, your mum, your dog, your sexy next-door neighbour, your chubby friend, your skinny friend, Jehovah’s witnesses, etc. The Doormat Scale is sure to become a daily source of guaranteed fun. It’ll give you a laugh and provide the perfect excuse to start a fun conversation.

The Doormat Scale was designed exclusively for Curiosite by Emilio Alarcón, a Spanish designer with wide-ranging experience. Emilio himself explains: “I realized that weight had become a social taboo. No one talks about how much we weigh or don’t weigh, it’s almost like talking about money, no one talks about how much money the make. I’d also been thinking that people were becoming a bit too boring lately. We seem to find it hard to start conversations, even with people who come knocking on our doors. The Doormat Scale is my small own contribution to trying to solve these two day-to-day problems for the First World.

Take a look at these funny doormats that we have spotted around the web.

Wow! Nice Underwear

A great conversation starter if you are single but maybe one that you might like to remove from the front door if you are married and the mother-in-law is on her way over.

Anyhoo

If you live in a home that is constantly being targeted by sales people this may be the one for you.

go away!

If you really dont think that the last doormat gets the message across clearly enough then this one couldnt be more to the point.

We’re so excited

One for the animal lovers! If you love animals then this doormat is a must. There are a lot of doormats on the market currently featuring cats and dogs.

Bob’s Man Cave

The personalised man cave doormat is great for any garden shed or garage door which many men regard as “their space”.

The cat, Day 751

This doormat is very amusing and makes for a good read however it really does depend on how long you want people to be stood on your doormat before they enter the house.

Memo to the cat

Another one for the cat lovers which is sure to bring a smile to anyone who arrives at your door, cat lover or not.

I Golf

This amusing doormat is for any golf lover in your life.

Keys, Wallet, Mobile Phone

For those of us that are forgetful this doormat saves you having to stick a note to the door every morning or from arriving at your destination without any money.

Finish line doormat

When the rat race is over at the end of the day, what better way to be welcomed home than a finishing line.

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But if you had some straight-laced notion that clean can’t mean cheeky, then you were wrong.

This pretty witty door mat catches visitors unawares, and will set any stroppy salesman straight without you having to say a word.

Look down and you’ll find yourself having to take a second look with this cheeky coir mat beneath your feet. If cheeky’s not your cup of tea, then there’s plenty of more fun options we’ve found too.

This sensational leopard skin patterned coir doormat looks like its owner could eat men alive for breakfast.

So if you’ll be too busy chomping on the male species to clean, you’ll be glad to hear that all it requires is a quick whoosh of the vacuum cleaner or by giving it a good shake to get rid of the dirt.

And as if you need much more of an incentive, it’s under a tenner to buy online. Sold!

Whether you’re the next Lewis Hamilton, or a boy (read, man!) who’s never quite got round to growing up, this rug will certainly put smiles on faces.

And it’s not just one for the boys, a fair few little girls we know could happily spend time using it as a base for a princess’s kingdom or village plan.

Despite the fun element, what we really want to do, what we’re just itching to do is wiggle our toes in to the 100% wool pile rug.

Although this rug’s in grey, you can have it custom made in a ridiculous choice of Pantone shades, neatly arriving 6 weeks after you’ve approved the colour sample.

Very exclusive touch, unfortunately it’s got a very exclusive price tag to match at 1350 Euros.

If that’s still in budget, then pop off to the Little Fashion Gallery to get one (and don’t forget to invite us round for tea to wiggle our toes!).

Meanwhile we’ll be wiggling away with one of these lush shaggy rugs for about a tenth of the price!

Stumbled across by accident, we’ve found a doormat designed to reflect sewer manhole covers, and by golly they look authentic.

24 inches wide (that’s 60cm for the metric lovers among you), there’s definitely plenty of space for even the biggest of clodhoppers to wipe their tootsies on.

To be used indoors and out, this nifty, thrifty (that’s right it’s 25 bucks) doormat is environmentally friendly too as it’s made from 100% recycled rubber.

If the green credentials tickle your fancy but the garish concept doesn’t, then you might be might be able to interest you in this equally environment assisting accessory, that will happily complement your doorstep or hallway.

It’s a more conventionally shaped doormat, but still does its bit for the green count as it’s made entirely out of plastic bottles.

The Eco doormat is washable and incorporates a heavy recycled rubber non-slip backing to help keep you safe around the house, while the raised pattern provides excellent dirt trapping properties.

Available in brown, black, blue and grey, this slightly more sedate doormat option is helpfully under 15 quid to look after your bank balance and the planet.

Nobody knows just how old the art of crochet is, but historians have found indications that hundreds of years ago sticks were used to loop thread into stitches. The word crochet comes from the French word meaning hook. Crafter Sharon Lantham explains how to crochet strips of fabric into useful rugs using a single crochet stitch.

To read the lesson in full just head over to the DIY network, and go crazy creating your own eco-friendly crochet rug. For a more professional and stylish finish you may also want to look into the shaggy rugs that Nice Rug have to offer.

Crochet Rug

Sports floors and mats offer flooring solutions for gyms, leisure centres and pool areas to reduce slips and trips. Checkout Rubber Gym Matting , its great for protecting floors from heavy free weights.

Finishing Line Doormat

How about this for a great doormat? Never has a simple entrance mat carried such meaning than this vinyl-backed natural coir doormat.

Well done you have reached the finish line, that bad day at the office is behind you. It does not matter that your computer crashed, you sent a rude email to your boss by mistake or the photocopier toner went all over your crisp white shirt.

None of this matters because you have done it, you have made it through the day and reached the finishing line. You know that beyond that line the dog is waiting to slobber all over you, you can finally kick off those painful shoes and sit back in your favourite chair with a nice glass of wine.

Well done you!