Our good friend Carol Leonesio, author of many posts here on the StencilTalk blog, has entered the “Energize Your Entryway” Contest for Apartment Therapy
Field of Fennel Bedroom
Long time StencilTalk! contributor Carol Leonesio is being featured in Apartment Therapy’s Room for Color 2012, an “annual celebration of beautiful rooms where the stylish use of color is key”. Carol used Stencil Library’s Fennel stencil and a soothing palette of pale blue green with yellow, white, gray and tan accents to create her bedroom […]
Stenciling with Doilies 5: Collage Wall
Carol originally included the sample board for this collage wall in a previous post, here, and now that we’re exploring applications using doilies as stencils, I thought it merited another look. In creating this wall, Carol layered various stencils, patterns, and textures. After base painting in an orange tone, she randomly sponged on Tequila Sunrise […]
Stenciling with Doilies 3: Stenciled Cabinet
For this small cabinet makeover, I base painted the cabinet door a soft black. Next, I used a wavy stripe stencil from The Stencil Library (DM2 Waves) and applied black StucoLux™ to every other stripe, let dry and burnished. Two different paper doilies were used for stencils with an iridescent green paint from Golden. The […]
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 […]