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 … [Read more...]
Artist Profile: Merilee Sawusch
Merilee Sawusch Merilee's Murals, etc. Libertyville, IL Merilee Sawusch has been painting all her life, and stenciling for 30 years. She teaches stenciling classes and also creates custom murals and furniture pieces for clients. And despite … [Read more...]
Moving Outdoors: Window Wells
Merilee Sawusch of Merilee's Murals, Etc. was commissioned to paint these window wells for a client. They were difficult to photograph, but I think you can see some of the details and the view her client sees when looking out. Merilee used Plaid … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes
I was recently looking through some of my stencil related books and decided it might be fun to learn what goes on behind the scenes in producing such books. I pulled Stenciling Kids' Rooms: Creative Designs for Bedrooms, Play Spaces, and Nurseries … [Read more...]