The Stenciled Room: Cheaper and Easier Than Wallpaper
This is not wallpaper. It’s an amazing wall decoration made entirely with stencils. Please, don’t cover your entire room with this or you’ll have a perpetual headache. But one wall – wow!
Stencils are a terrific way to decorate a wall without having to buy and hang wallpaper. Personally, I hate hanging wallpaper. I love stenciling. It’s really easy, as long as you’re careful with things like straight lines. All you do is stick the stencil to the wall and paint, or dab, or spray. It all depends on what medium you’re using.
Here is a gallery of ideas and some resources at the end. Enjoy!
The best place in the world to buy stencils is The Stencil Library. Most of these photos are from their blog (a great how-to resource). They have everything from this Rococo design to car tires and barbed wire.
The floral motif is a stencil. Here you can see it with just black and with the flowers in color – all stencilled. Which is your favorite?
I love this one. Use images from a book, enlarge them, and place them inside the stenciled swag. Instant gentrification! Your friends will buy you much better Christmas gifts when they see this in your hallway.
This is really pretty, too. Instead of inserting portraits into the “holes” they’ve used a flower stencil. Love it!
Looking for something Colonial? Some trees and a peacock made a nice frame for a fireplace. It softens the look and creates a beautiful focal point.
Yowza! You can stencil over wallpaper, too. Give it new life with some eye-popping motifs like these hearts. They’re made with the heart stencil and a lace stencil on top. This would look great in a teen room.
You can use your stencils over and over again. Make matching fabric and “wallpaper”. Do up the furniture while you’re at it.
Oh, I forgot. You can stencil the floor, too. You can stencil anything. Better stay away from the cat.
Stencils can also make a nice replacement for artwork. A few flowers and birds in a corner are so lovely. That’s all you need.
Finally, you don’t have to go all out. A few light birds in flight on a white ground makes a beautiful design statement.
RESOURCES
The Stencil Library – Best place ever. You can buy a CD of their designs.
Stencil 1 – Another creative choice.
Stencil Planet – I’ve never used their stencils. They have some nice damasks. Just wish they had larger gallery photos
Designer Stencils – Good for standards
Wall To Wall Stencils – Specializes in creating custom phrases, etc…
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Posted by Jennifer on January 15th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
I’m wishing I had a cat like nobody’s business.
This is a great post. I will give $50 to anyone who stencils their cat.