You want your corners to line up. You don’t want messy lines. You want to be proud of your work, don’t you? So, take your time. A couple nice things about the stencils from Royal Design Studio are they are made from mylar so they hold up and are wipeable and reusable. Also, they come with little triangles in each corner to make it easy to line-up your stencil perfectly each time…which I always kinda wondered how that worked. Now we ALL know.
Each time you place your stencil on the wall, you line it up with the triangles from the previous placement and trace the two new ones. It made things easy and less confusing….even if it sounds confusing, it totally wasn’t. I still used a small level every other or every third placement to make sure I was keeping things straight. With a 50 cent foam brush, FolkArt metallic acrylic paint in Champagne (the same paint I used for my painting in the dining room), Scotch Blue painter’s tape (I like the delicate surface one) and my handy level, I was in business.
Because the paint made only a slight shimmer on the wall when the light was shining on it, there were times I had trouble seeing where I had already painted, but the faint effect is what I was going for and I wouldn’t change a thing. Here’s the view from Greta’s room.
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You won’t be disappointed. I’d love to see pictures if/when you get around to it!
It is very very lovely! I am actually tempted to use the same pattern on my accent wall (in case at some point we will paint it grey). Love it!
So amazing! I just love what a stencil like that can do to transform a space!
You are amazing!
You are amazing!
Thanks Brittani. What a compliment.
I LOVE IT!!!! It reminds me of the temple. Wow!
Looks fabulous. I was worried when you said you were doing stencils. Worried about it being too busy. This was amazing! Well done. It’s like MAGIC!
That looks awesome! I love it!
STUNNING! I’m dying to do this in our bedroom should our new place come through (hear from the realtor today!), but we’re only renting and for such work… ay, might have to wait until we own a place. This is so spectacular, you did an amazing job.
I love it!
It looks great! I wish I had the patience!
Wow Kristen. Amazing job! What a labor of love. As for the triangles, they did erase right off, but I found it easier to just dab a bit of paint over them.
Okay, your explanation of the stencil totally makes sense and I am not afraid to try it later in our own house! It totally looks doable. Great pictures!
How nice Jules, I don’t know why i thought it was like peel away stickers…you clearly mentioned “stencil” more than once. It looks beautiful, love all the different angle pictures! What can’t you tackle?
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The pattern I drew on our wall looks very similar to yours! You can see it here: http://popcornonthestove.wordpress.com/2011/05/11/drawing-on-the-walls/
I had a cutout that I traced and then painted in the lines. It was extremely tedious and it didn’t help that our walls aren’t 100% straight. Next time, I may use a stencil like yours. That triangle idea is genius!! Were you able to erase over the triangles or did you have to paint them??