Today's Stencil Inspiration: Elaborate Panels Made Easier

There is something about elaborate panel decoration.  Whenever we see it, either painted or in plaster, we cannot help but be impressed.  We have designed a range of stencils (there are three variations in the French range, and more in the British range) that enable you to create panels in your home.  The most impressive place to put them is on the ceiling.  By creating separate stencils for the different elements, we have hopefully made this a bit easier.  But these also work well on walls, floors and more.  You will still have to plan and make sure you get your measurements right, but hopefully these elements will help you create something stunning.  As they are reusable as any of our stencils, you can create more than one panel with them as well.  This particular set (all stencils available separately so you can do other things with them) is part of our French Inspired stencil range under Panels & Quadrants.  We start with a circular motif in the centre.  In fact this is a quadrant repeated four times (so you don't have to work with a large motif).  We do this in two formats: a plain quadrant (we have used FR32 Rococo Quadrant) and a ceiling rose version which has a small space missing in the centre to go around a light fitting. Then we create a square design around this.  We have a cornerpiece (we used FR33 Rococo Corner) and a border (FR34 Rococo Border) connecting them.  To get the positioning of the cornerpieces and borders right, it would be prudent to get some paper and quickly stencil up one side.  This border has a bow in the centre of the design.  This is lined up with the centre of the circle in the centre and then partly repeated out either side until it connects with the border.  This is a square panel.  You can make this rectangular by extending the number of border repeats on two sides.  You can make a bigger square by adding more border repeats on all 4 sides.  If you spend the time planning, by the time you hit your surface you will know exactly what you are doing.  We have tried to make these elborate panels easier, but I am not going to tell you it is the easiest job.  However, what I can say is that it is worth it.  No matter where your panel is, it will look impressive.