We're having guests over for Thanksgiving so I thought this would be the perfect time to start putting the formal dining room together. People will actually be eating in there so it has to look somewhat presentable. I love the look of stencils so I thought I would give it a try. I ordered the Moroccan Dream from Cutting Edge Stencils. The process was fairly easy, but took a few hours to complete.
The stencil is made of sturdy 12 mil clear plastic. It is very large and was easy to work with. I taped the stenciled to the wall and used the clip on level to make sure it was straight. Very important to use the level. If the first stencil is un-level, the rest of the wall will be crooked. I worked in rows from the wall out to the edge. I started by painting the room in Behr Brown Teepee like the rest of the downstairs. After it dried overnight, I stenciled the left wall using Behr Decorator White in Satin. Ignore the tape still up. I started snapping pics before I pulled it all down.
Before
It's amazing what a little paint will do for a room. Now I just need to add some accessories and hopefully the room will be ready by Thanksgiving.
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From the home of the very talented and very lovely Lauren of Pure Style Home. P.S. that amazing faint spring green wallpaper, is not actually wallpaper. It was done with stencils. See how Lauren and her husband got the look here.