A Stenciled Wall (or two)!

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 |

First off, let me just say I came across this photo while perusing google for an idea to stencil, and I fell in love.

Good Girl Gone Glad did a fantastic job on her wall!!  I wanted the SAME.


So, after finding my inspiration from Good Girl Gone Glad, I had to find a trellis stencil which I found on this lovely blog Jones Design Company.  She did her office (picture below) with this trellis stencil and she provides a stencil printout HERE.


I moved my daughter into her own room, and the paint colour was driving me crazy!!!  I had to do something about it right away!!  It's not a terrible colour, but very boring for a fun, hip room makeover!

So I took some paint that I had left over from a project last year (they told me to get way too much!)  as I had enough leftover paint to do my whole daughter's room!  


Okay so I printed the stencil out on the computer, and traced it onto a cardboard cereal box. 


Then I drew the chalk onto the wall in the pattern I wanted.




After many hours of painting I came away with this...


And this...


And this...



It was worth the time!  I am so pleased and my daughter even says she LOVES it!  Ya, she better after how long it took me!

I will have more posts with progress from her room later.  
This took a long time, I need a break now.  
I may just go lay on her floor to stare at it for awhile (wink).




36 comments:

Emily said...

That looks awesome!

sarah nicole said...

That looks amazing, especially against the turquoise - come do mine, please? ; )

How did you get the lines so even and straight?

And yes, I think I did just leave this comment on the prior post by accident. I am still getting used to the whole comment link at the top of the post thing... Oops : )

xo,

Sarah

Amy said...

Looks amazing in person too!!!

One Cheap B*tch said...

Wow! Beautiful makeover! Was your arm killing you after all that painting? Well worth it! =)

Jeanine

Angela from what would angela do? said...

I thought it looked so great in her room. So much time put in to get it to look even. Nice job!!!

Unknown said...

Hi there! You did an amazing job on this room! I love it! So glad I could lend a little inspiration. Your blog is pretty too! Have a great day!!
xx

www.goodgirlgoneglad.com

Andrea said...

What wall color is this? I would love to have this color in my master bath! Would you mind to email it to me? My email is MrsMatched at gmail.com

Jessa Smith said...

This turned out beautiful! I love that it's the breakfast at Tiffany's blue with the picture of Audrey. Perfect!

~Jessa
www.jessajill.blogspot.com

Cindy @ Cinsarah said...

I love it!! :)
You did an awesome job!!
I'm your newest follower!!

Marie said...

That is so beautiful! Beautiful colors- Great blog!

Kath said...

umm WOW. this is stunning. I love it. I am a huge audrey fan as well.

new follower!
kathryn
www.thedragonsfairytail.blogspot.com

Courtney said...

I absolutely love it! Great job!!!

DIYbyDesign said...

I love the color of your daughter's room and how you did her walls was absolutely awesome. I saw you over at Remodelaholic and had to stop by. I am now your latest follower. I would love for you to come and check out my blog and follow me back at www.diybydesign.blogspot.com. Thanks so much.

Anna said...

That looks AMAZING!! Do you want to come to my house? :) I have a new link party starting up on Monday and this would be perfect to link up. There's more info at this link: http://www.askannamoseley.com/2011/04/weekend-warrior-backyard-transformation.html

Thanks! Anna
www.askannamoseley.com

Katie said...

I love it! What a difference it made! What did you use to paint the chalk lines? I love it!!

Jacqueline said...

I love it...I used this same design on my painted rug, a shelf and a pillow cover I painted.

Miss Charming said...

You did a wonderful job! I'm planning on doing something similiar in my bathroom. Love the color!

Vanessa @ {nifty thrifty things} said...

Great job! That looks amazing! :)
I would love for you to share it at my linky party @ {nifty thrifty sunday}!
xoxo,
Vanessa

Kate said...

I love it! I'm featuring you on my Flaunt it Friday features, thanks for linking up!! :)

Rebecca @ My Girlish Whims said...

This is BEAUTIFUL!!! Sure looks like a lot of hard work, but turned out sooo fabulous!

I'd love for you to link this up to my link party, Your Whims Wednesday! http://mygirlishwhims.blogspot.com/2011/04/your-whims-wednesday-4-and-features.html

Kim said...

That is gorgeous...thinking of using that patterns on some curtains!

Candace @ Candace Creations said...

WOW! I am in love with this! My little girl wants a pink room, but I'm totally wanting to do this!!! Hmm.....Thanks for sharing, it looks time consuming but obviously was worth it the stencil looks amazing. (ps-found you through backyard eden linky)

Allison @ House of Hepworths said...

This looks absolutely beautiful!

nicolette {momnivores dilemma} said...

Stunning. Wow. That must have been painstaking to chalk and paint, but well worth the effort. I tried something similar on a smaller wall and it was a colossal fail. I rushed it!

If you have a moment today, please share this with my readers @Creative Juice Thursday Hope to see yours among all the amazing projects!

Maryann @ Domestically-Speaking said...

Stunning stencil! I know first-hand how much work that can be... go you! I'm putting it in the PoPP Spotlight.

AsylumTanya said...

Now I want a room that looks like this! Thanks for sharing. I am your newest follower. Come over to Greetings From the Asylum and follow me too!

Camille {Sugar Baby Boutique} said...

Looks incredible!!
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Lolly Jane said...

Absolutely gorgeous~ We would ♥ for you to show this off at our link party!

Lolly Jane
lollyjaneboutique.blogspot.com

La-Dee-da crafter said...

This is so gorgeous and so Audrey Hepburn style and Tiffany's. I love the pic of Audrey too. Is that a canvas? Just gorgeous. Your daughter is living in style.
ladeedacreations.com
following you now.

nicolette {momnivores dilemma} said...

Thanks for linking to Creative Juice Thursday. Hope to see you back this week.

Janae said...

Wow! You are a genius :) I have loved and wanted to do something similar to this BUT those darn stencils just seemed so expensive and possibly fussy. But your method has no cost so what have I got to lose!!! :) You're handy work looks amazing!!! Thanks for sharing this idea!!!

Lolly Jane said...

Absolutely AWESOME- my hubbs is OBSESSED w/ Frank. Great Father's Day gift ;) Oh, we featured you today! Stop by to snag a featured button :) xo

Rach said...

This looks Amazing!!! Wonderful Job!

nellenamarie said...

Ok so I am actually attempting this on my wall right now and im noticing that drawing the stencil doesnt take very long but that its the actual painting that takes forever. What did you use to paint the lines? Im just using a small brush but it seems like there has to be something that would be faster. The help would be much appreciated:)

Alam said...

Nice Article! Thanks for sharing with us.

Charity in India

barwang said...

This is beautiful!

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