Magnetic Memo Board
While working on StencilTalk blogger Carol Leonesio's new Paint It! website, I fell in love with a picture of this Magnetic Memo Board, and asked if we could share it with our readers. She agreed, and provided step-by-step instructions for completing the project. Step 1: Taping Out. Use a low tack painters tape to mask [...]
Paris Chic Dining Room Walls
Chris Smith recently followed one of Melanie Royal's free recipes that can be found on the Royal Design Studio website. This was taken directly from Melanie's Paris Chic. To begin, walls were base painted with Benjamin Moore's Linen White. Stripes were taped off at 12 inches apart and the entire wall was glazed with Benjamin [...]
Stenciling With Modellos
Sometimes it is just easier to use a Modello™ for a stenciling project than a stencil. If you are not familiar with Modellos™, they are one time use stencils that can be custom ordered to the size you need. To learn more about them, visit Melanie Royal's website. Susan Siefer of MadPatter Productions recently had [...]
Headboard Patterns
When I read Carol's first post on stenciled headboards, it immediately brought to mind this stenciled headboard from Projection Stenciling, by Linda Buckingham & Leslie Bird. The headboard pattern found in the book is also currently available as a free download from Buckingham Stencils. I came across this pink paisley headboard on the Just Deanna [...]
Stenciled Headboards
I just love the idea of stenciling a headboard vs. having an actual headboard. This works particularly well if you have a small bedroom or guestroom/office space. Here are some great examples: From the Crest Hotel, Kings Cross, Sydney by Stencil Gallery Pink Headboard found at blushing apples blog. Blue Arched Headboard with small vine [...]
Baseball Shirts
Over the years I've painted a fair amount of baseball shirts in playrooms and bedrooms for children. Living in the Boston area, home of the Red Sox, that is the team shirt I am most often asked to paint. There are two ways I do these shirts. The first is to lay an actual Red [...]
