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The Daily Stencil Inspiration: The Personal Touch

With the holidays just around the corner (what? already?), it is time to start thinking of festive decorations and presents and so on.  Here is a little bit of inspiration for you involving our 311 Victorian Monogram (you can have your choice of one or two initials).  A monogram always adds a personal touch. You can use a stencil to do it and if you are using a stencil, you can monogram anything you can get paint onto.  Here we have stencilled a pair of inexpensive suede shoes.  This could make a great gift or just something you do for yourself to wear.  One year, I found some vintage cotton robes and stencilled a monogram onto those as gifts.  You can stencil wrap, table placemats, chair covers, decorations.....the list goes on.  We do several monogram stencils or should you want to do several, we also have many styles of alphabet stencils.

 

Stencil Inspiration for the Day: Subtle Paint Splatter

Apologies for the long break, but I had the double whammy of the quarterly VAT return and Year End Accounts so have been playing with numbers not paint lately.  But now that is done and it is back to pretty things.  I cannot get enough of paint splatter  I was thinking about why I liked it so much.  I think because it has an element of "naughty".  This was definitely something you were not supposed to do when young (yet I am sure all of us have done it...either that or writing on the walls).  Now, not only are we encouraging you, we have made a stencil to make it easier.  This is MD41-X Splatter.  It comes in 4 sizes and this is the largest.  Here we have done it in a very subtle way so that it is almost a texture rather than a bold pattern.  This stencil works as a repeat pattern.  So you use it in one colour, covering the surface, on our walls we have used beige.   Then you turn the stencil (in this case 90 degrees) and stencil in another colour on top (white here).  As this is a single colour per layer, we used a roller for quicker paint application.  You can do this as few or as many times as you like.  You could just stick with one layer or you can do this several times with several colours.  We chose two quiet colours and left it at that.  I like that this is wholly modern but would make an excellent background for your antiques and oil paintings.  It is a perfect design to mix with classic, historical and traditional.  And it still feels a bit naughty.  In my sensible middle age, I like that.

Stencil Inspiration of The Day: Creating Fireworks

Whilst at first glance this may not seem like an obvious choice for wall decoration, it does make a good, subtle backdrop.  It is quite a versatile design so especially good for rooms with lots of other stuff going on.  We have shown this as a traditional firework spray configuration but this design is made up of single curved strands of dots and how you put them together is up to you.  You can scatter them about in a more contemporary abstract way just to add some pattern to the wall and break it up without it being too busy if wished. The stencil is LTL7 Fireworks, in the large size, from our Larger Than Life range of stencils. We are also showing off metallic paints in this picture so have painted the walls and floor black for maximum impact.  We do a nice range of metallic colours by Jacquard.  There are the usual gold, silver and copper in varying shades, but there are also metallic greens, blues, violets, pinks, reds, and more.  On a pale background they are subtle but on a dark background they stand out more. These paints are suitable for fabrics too.

 

The Daily Stencil Inspiration: Having Fun with Dancing Girls

Interiors need not be so serious.  They can have a fun element.  This is hands down one of my favourite stencils in our range.  I just love the style of it and the little feather skirts and tops.  I did this stencil many years ago in my sister's bathroom.  It just worked so well in the vintage style room.  And it made a utilitarian room fun.  You could not help but smile at a row of chorus girls dancing around the room.  The border, in this case, was placed a mid wall height above where the tiles ended.  The stencil is 313 Chorus Girls and it is in our Lucky Dip range of stencils, a mixed assortment of stencils that really didn't fit into any other category.  Below is another treatment of the chorus girls.  This time done on a single wall in horizontal bands filling the whole wall and flipping the stencil every other "line". 

Stencil Inspiration for the Day: Why Would I Want Snakeskin On My Walls?

Because it is subtle and textural.  Yes, it will be about colour choice and scale (no pun intended).  This is MD8 Snakeskin from our Modern Design range of stencils.  All the MD stencils come in 4 sizes.  Not only does the size of the stencil increase but also the scale.  So with the animal prints, by the time you are looking at the -L and -X sizes, the scale is supersize.  This is the -L (large) size.  This version has been done in white and mushroom with a hint of pearlescent white on a beige wall, very pale and tonal.  The idea is that it is more of a texture.  The pattern is barely there.  And in its larger size, is not immediately noticible as snakeskin.  It doesn't matter if your walls are pale or dark or anything in between, if you stick to tones of your wall, then the effect will always be subtle.  Of course what I like about it is that it is a bit adventurous.  Not much, but this is supersize snakeskin afterall and not everyone's idea of a wall finish.  You will know it even if most others do not realise which makes it a bit fun too. FYI, the stencil on the cushion is an art nouveau border DE191 Border No. 99.