Come In Go Away

We've been looking for a door mat for quite some time now &mdash and we haven't found the perfect one. We have some narrowed down that are scattered among a few of our favorite stores but we've having a hard time deciding on what statement we want to project with our welcome mat. We're not sure if we want to come across at serious, chic, playful, whimsical or do we dare consider funny?

Sometimes neighbors can be awfully judgement, but in this case &mdash frankly, we don't give a damn! We have no problem with coming across as jokesters with this Come In, Go Away door mat.

Does this door mat look at all familiar to you? It should if you checked out Hunter's First Home: An Exercise in DIY. When we first looked at his wonderful house tour, we couldn't help but laugh when we saw the first and then last picture. When you see the first picture you think it's just a run of the mill door matt.. until you see the last picture! Then you realize there's more to that door mat.

We found the mat for sale and we were pretty thrilled when we did. We think this mat embodies our personality and will hopefully make visitors and people we kick out chuckle! The mat is made from natural course fibers and is selling for $39.00 on Generate Design.

(Images: 2-3: Eric Cantrelle of Xdesign, Inc.)

Comments (16)

I have the one in the picture, actually. And I get a lot of compliments on it.

The only problem...sometimes the gardener in my condo complex lifts it up to sweep underneath and then puts in back down in reverse, so it tells all my neighbors to "Go Away." Haha!

I almost got this one, but then picked up a cute one at Target. I mean, it's just a door mat, people wipe their dirty shoes on it.

I bought my brother a floor mat that said: Wallet, keys, phone as a serious gift. He'd lost his wallet four times previously.

Still like: "Hi, I'm Mat"

i am in this same predicament! i just bought a great fun and playful doormat at Target the other day. I always love to see personality shine through people's houses, so I thought it was perfect! Until I put it down, stepped back, and realized it was so so wrong and that the space needs a sophisticated rug.

I put out a door mat one day. Then the next day somebody stole it.

It's clever!

I bought the rubber scrollwork Smith & Hawken doormat from Target recently. I originally had a course fiber doormat, but unfortunately, it was soaking up water like a sponge after every rain and not drying out for weeks.

many of the major retailers like BB&B, Tar. WM etc. carry this wonderful dorrmat which i (and everyone that walks in) always loves due to its humor.... it says:

GOT DIRT?

i think a funny doormat is the way to go. even in a dour mood it lightens things up everytime you enter my apt. I always think you should start things off on the right foot :)

I have this doormat. I got it from Unica it was $25.00 plus shipping. When we lived in an apartment complex, sometimes we would find it in front of our neighbors door. It would really upset me becuase, I knew that this was not available in person in the area.

How "Angels and Demons"! (What are those things called, "ambigrams"?)

Sherry, I believe ambigrams are the same word when put upside down, but yeah that was what I was thinking of too.

I just got that doormat about two weeks ago. It’s a bit $$ but soooo worth it.
Most of the time it’s on the “come in” but our neighbors right under us are allergic to noise so every time something slips from my hand and hits the floor I run to the door and flip the mat to “go away.” I don’t think it would really make my neighbor think twice about knocking on my door but it’s still fun.

The doormat is too small, in my opinion. Needs to be wider.

that design is already 10 years old!

My doormat says "Honk if you've driven onto the porch." Te he! It made me giggle so I bought it. I bought another one for my dad that said "It's beer:30, you're right on time." I got both of them from this site: http://www.designerdoormats.com/