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 out the [...]
Moving Outdoors: Garden Shed
Quite a few years ago, I painted the doors on this garden shed for a client. I just took this photo last week and was quite surprised to see how well the paint has held up, through at least five New England winters! I vaguely remember what paints I used, but I'm guessing it was [...]
Lettering Examples and Resources
I will end this week with a few more examples of lettering and some options for getting the job done. This library, done by Garay Artisans, features a quote around the arched window as well as scrolling poets' names along the low chair rail. The lettering for this job was provided by "SayWhat?" custom lettering. The first large [...]
Large Stencil Designs
For the past year or so I have been doing a lot of very large scale stencil designs. Sometimes the size of these stencils can be a bit unruly for one person to deal with solo on a job site or in your own home, so if you can have an extra pair of hands [...]
Kitchen Tiles
Updating a backsplash provides a great opportunity to use stencils. Here are two examples of kitchen backsplash areas that utilize faux tiles and raised stencil designs. These faux tiles, created by Merilee Sawusch, were done with Behr Texturizing Paint (smooth), then a brass stencil was used for the palm trees. Tile makeover by Carol Leonesio, Paint [...]
