A Great Decorating Idea- Stencils!
How to pick stencils for your home. Uses of stencils on different materials. Finding the right pattern of stencils.
One of the fastest growing trends in home decorating recently has been stencil design. Using stencils adds a creative note to any home and you can incorporate the styles and colors to suit your own tastes. You don’t have to be an artist to have beautiful artistic expressions on your walls and furniture, you just have to have a good imagination and be able to follow instructions. Stencil designs are an easy and fun way to literally “imprint” your style on your home.
There are a number of ways in which you can use stencil design. Most people use stencils on walls, but it is also used successfully on furniture, glass such as mirrors and windows, and on fabrics. There are many people use use stenciling as a hobby and they do not even use it as an interior decorating tool, but just to create beautiful artifacts that have lovely stenciled designs on them. There are t-shirts, vases and wooden furniture that look beautiful with a stencil design on them.
The most common way of using stencil design is to create borders on the edges of walls. But with a little imagination, you can decorate an entire wall with stencils, using large patterns or repeating one pattern over and over. Consider using stencils on fabrics and covering your chairs or curtains in a stencil to match a pattern on the walls.
There are so many patterns and designs of stencils that it is easy to find one that suits your taste and decor. You can find pattern in craft shops, home improvement stores, and of course, on line. If you are considering a stencil project, be sure you lay out exactly what you want for the room or for the item you are stenciling. You can choose a fantasy look, or create a forest or garden right in your home. There are many simple, classical lines that add just an elegant touch to a room, and there are very ornate ones if that goes with your theme.
You can even carry this artistry one step further and create your own stencils. Using a pattern from the wallpaper or drapery fabric you have chosen for the room, you can trace it out and make your own design.
Though stenciling is fun and easy to do, you will have more success if you do a little research to learn the right kinds of brushes and paints to use, and how to prepare surfaces properly.
Using your imagination, doing some research, and getting involved in this interesting project will give you a unique look for your home that you and your family will enjoy.
Mr.Andrew Caxton
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I am decorating my children's new rooms, and need advice(pic included) please help!?
We are about to be moving into the city and are getting an apartment. I am very excited because we have been secluded out in the country for almost five years. I feel it’s a brand new start! New friends, easy access to stores, etc, not to mention being dial up free! Anyway, I am decorating our 3 year old son’s room in Disney’s Cars. And I am doing my two year old daughter’s room in pink with brown polkadots. I am following this pattern : http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=9875000
she will be having this crib set.
I decided, in order to save on money, to do some of this myself. I wanted to paint her intials the way that fancy folks do it. Have her first initial on the left, her middle to the right and her last initial in the middle and quite bigger than the other two. So last night I made her last initial and I wanted input from yall because I had no stencils to use. Should I redo it again or does it look okay? My husband says it looks great, but you know how husband’s are lol. Thanks for your help!
Pic: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=30hofv9&s=5
PS The colors are alot brighter than pictured. I took this pic on the webcam.
What are some other decorating ideas I could do with these themes?
wow! i think that looks good
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I think the theme for your daughter’s room is adorable. She will not ‘outgrow’ it any time soon. The initial looks fine.
I would be careful about your son’s theme though. Even if he likes it now, will he still like it in a year or two or will you have to redo it? Perhaps a theme with a bit less commercialism which could be easily changed — like just race cars, instead of Disney Cars. The race cars could easily be adapted as he grows older and changes interests.
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mom of 5
i think the letter u made looks very good. i like the idea for ur daughters bedroom… but i think so does every one else. i have seen that type of design EVERYWHERE. i meant it does look great though.
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you did a great job!!!
Love that set from walmart too!
My sons room is in disney pixar cars too lol
but my lil girls room is disney priness and lil bit of tinkerbell
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I LOVE pink and brown for little girls! It’s going to be very very cute and like someone else said, she won’t outgrow the colors for quite some time. I think the initial is beautiful. I’m not a fan of stencils, it looks TOO perfect. I like that you are doing it by hand, it’s more personable and I think the imperfections make it perfect (uh.. well that sentence made sense in my head lol) I think it is more beautiful because it shows every detail of the letter. There, that sounded better! And it looks like you trained your husband well, "Yes dear it looks great!" That’s all it should EVER be!!
Your daughter will love her cute little room
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my best friend just had her baby girl about 7 months ago and her theme was that from walmart. she had the bedding and all of it then she painted the walls that brown color the painted circles of the pink color on the walls. it was kinda big circles so it wasnt many to paint. i think it turned out pretty great!!
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If you did that free-hand, then I think you are quite talented! It looks great.
One decorating idea that I really like is that if you have a favorite baby outfit for your kids, you can frame it in a shadowbox type of frame. You know, that adorable little dress that she only wore once? Or his first little baseball uniform (or the like)?
Also I have put things on the ceiling, like glow-in-the-dark stars. Perhaps you could put Cars stickers (cut from self stick borders) on your son’s ceiling, and maybe some pink and brown circles w/Disney Princesses or cats, or whatever she’s into on your daughter’s, for them to look at while laying down.
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http://www.ohdeedoh.com/ohdeedoh/inspiration/doll-dress-shadowboxes-by-allsorts-075917
http://www.target.com/Home-Shadowbox-Frame-White-12×12/dp/B0018N4T1O
http://www.amazon.com/Disney%2527s-Cars-Wall-Border-Sticker/dp/B000CQ75DW
http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Princesses-Wall-Border-Sticker/dp/B000B2I6BC
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