Continuing on with my adornment of the Milton House walls, this week I will show you the back hall project I just completed. Here you see the "before" picture, with that "w" word I hate to use, wallpaper.
My favorite painter, Warren, was on the scene before me to strip off this paper and apply the base coat.
The first layer was a soft gold metallic glaze.
That was followed by this great stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils. I have been drooling over their selection of stencils for some time now, so was delighted when my client picked this one! I had them enlarge their original design by 20% because I wanted an over-scaled look here. The stenciling was done using a metallic green.
When I ordered the stencil, I also ordered this great new tool… a clip on level! For those of you who use these all over repeat patterns, this is a real time saver and I highly recommend spending the extra $10 for one. I did not want to use spray adhesive on this stencil, so that is why you are seeing so much blue tape.
Here’s a closer look at my little level at work!
This design works up very quickly.
Of course, I did all the easy sections first. 🙂
This stencil is a very good weight and was easy to wrap around the corners.
More tomorrow…
Of course, the ever ominous task of preparing for my 2010 tax return looms large! Here’s where I’m at… still entering numbers into my spreadsheet and hoping for the best. (which would mean I hit the Lottery, a zero in a million chance since I never even play!)