Artist Profile: Deirdre Newman
Deirdre Newman Deirdre Newman Decorative Painting Montclair, New Jersey ph 973.432.1893 My first encounter with artist Deirdre Newman's work came though a blog post entitled Stenciling is Hip at Little Green Notebook, which featured several examples of her stenciling artistry. Deirdre often incorporates stencils into her work, and has a number of wonderful examples of stenciling in her online [...]
Free Stencil Patterns for Kids’ Rooms
I found several great projects for kids' rooms on TLC today, each with photos, instructions, and free downloadable pdfs of the stencil patterns so you can make your own stencils. Take a look here: How to Stencil Kids' Rooms. When I saw these projects, I thought they looked familiar, and sure enough, they come from a book [...]
Designer Profile: Chad Martin
Chad Martin Whitewall & Co. Birmingham, Alabama Chad Martin is a designer who runs a small branding firm, aids a local architecture firm with creative renderings, and loves old historic patterns. Chad started working in graphic design for architecture firms about fourteen years ago. His love for historic patterns, and his distaste of taking wallpaper down, eventually [...]
Stenciled Bathroom
Carolyn Matthews is a SAHM who likes diy projects. "Most of my decorating ideas (like the bathroom project) are pulled from things I see online, and then I tailor them to fit my home and personality." For this project, Carolyn chose the Trilian Way pattern from Whitewall & Co, and stenciled it in a dark [...]
Updating a Stencil Design
I recently returned to a client's home to do a little updating of some finishes and stenciling in their foyer. I did a scroll border (Palazzo Scroll Border by Royal Design Studio) above this doorway about six years ago. The homeowner decided that it was just too linear for her, so she was hiding it [...]
