I LOVE accent walls and since I was seeing tons of wall stencil ideas in pinterst so I knew I had to join the party and had the perfect wall to do it.
Boring nothing wall in my dinning room that I had no clue what to fill it with. I then purchased the "Rabbat All Over Stencil" from Cutting Edge Designs and went to work.
1. I had to paint the wall white since I wanted the stencil part to be white and the rest to match my wall color.
2. I started from the bottom and worked my way up. What I learned is to let the paint dry up a bit before you go to the next section. Since the stencil I purchased you had to overlap, if you didn't let it dry, it would smudge all over... Trust me, don't do it!!
So close, yet so far....
The hardest part was bending the stencil to do the tops and sides. I should of waited till the hubs got home because using your 2 hands and 1 foot to hold in place was pretty difucult.
3. Finish up by taking a small paint brush and using the white fill in all of the little slip ups you may have had (Don't worry, we all have them)
The Big Reveal...
The wall then seemed still a little empty so I bought these mirrors from Pottery Barn and these chairs on clearance at Kirkland Home. I now LOVE my little dinning area that was so plain before.
how elegant!! this is a truly stunning room, well done! the colors are so peaceful and relaxing and the stencil is a bold statement--it all blends so nicely together :) im sure your guests will feel right at home eating a meal in there, well done!
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thanks katie!
DeleteYour wall is gorgeous! I bet it took forever.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenn! It took me one full day of doing that and nothing else!!
DeleteBeautiful! YOu must be so patient to get all of that lined up so well. Thanks for joining the party at One Creative Weekend! I hope to see you back tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteAWESOME! You are a brave girl to take that on by yourself! It looks awesome! I just became your newest follower, You've got some awesome ideas, and i wanna get to that giveaway! I'd love if you came over and checked out my brand new blog, and if you feel so inclined, follow me too! Nice work girl, the wall is gorgeous!
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It looks beautiful! Love the mirrors, it definitely gives it that pop! :)
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ReplyDeletethat looks fabulous! i can never figure out which to paint...so you saying you painted the wall white first, and then did the stencil in your wall color helped me out. i think, lol.
ReplyDeleteThat looks fantastic! I love the color of the wall too. It looks great with your beautiful chairs. :) Megan
ReplyDeleteWow this is beautiful! It caught my attention at the practically functional party. Looks like it was a lot of work, and rather tedious? But- totally worth it in the end. Some day, when I'm out of apartment living- I want to have a dining room as lovely as yours!
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Your dining room is beautiful! I love the wall, the pattern and colors are so pretty. And those mirrors look great! We stenciled our bedroom wall and it was a pain, but worth it. I would love if you shared this at my Throwback Thursday link party. I hope to see you there! http://www.hubbymademe.com/throwback-thursday-no-8/
ReplyDeleteI love it! It looks fabulous and you did a great job. I just finished my own wall stenciling project this weekend, but because we live in an apartment I didn't stencil an entire wall, just a little dandelion decoration on an accent wall. :-)
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Oh!! I love this!! It looks like a lot of work though!! You did awesome! Found you through Mom on Time Out and excited to be a new follower!! :)
ReplyDeleteI love your room! The stencil looks great, I'm also in love with the rug!
ReplyDeleteYour dining room looks amazing! Your stenciled wall looks like it really brings everything together.
ReplyDeleteThat does look lovely - the chairs look so nice too! You've done it so it looks like expensive wallpaper which is lovely!
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The stenciled wall looks great! as does your whole dining area!
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Hope you have a fabulous weekend!
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That's amazing! It's hard to believe it's done with a stencil.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a difference! Love how the wall turned out! Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this at my Throwback Thursday party. I'm featuring you at this week's party! I hope you'll join me again and grab your feature button if you want it! LOVE LOVE LOVE your dining room! http://www.hubbymademe.com/throwback-thursday-no-9/
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