Wall kinds of wonderful
This is a super fantastic picture of our front entryway.
[And by ‘super fantastic’ I mean that I’m not a photographer.]
I love this space largely because it’s small and easy to make changes in. Big changes. Little changes. Color changes. Texture changes. I’m-the-boss-of-me changes. You know–the kind of changes you need when a house starts to feel sluggish and a little less sparkly wow.
I love change.
Well–not every single, solitary change in the land. But generally.
Here’s the 411.
[I hope that’s the correct combination of numbers.]
Stencil magic.
I found a place online that sells a wonderful assortment of stencils AND–this is a perfectly pleasant part of the whole deal–they have all kinds of tutorials. They are determined that you have a successful experience. The task certainly seemed less daunting because I watched a couple of tutorials.
That will lead you to the land of excellent stencils.
[And NO–how’s that for emphasis–I do not know anyone who is affiliated with that company. I paid for my stencils with my own pennies. No one is sending me a treat for saying anything nice about them.]
I prepped the wall with the usual tape, and made sure that the floor was covered. It took 30 minutes to do this part. I never regret taking the time to prep correctly and thoroughly. It is always, always worth it.
I used the paint we had leftover from originally painting the ceiling and trimwork in our house nine years ago. The place we purchased the paint from happily stirred it into blissful submission so that I wouldn’t have to mix and stir until my arms fell off.
Love that.
Everything I needed to know about how to actually paint the wall came from watching tutorials on the Cutting Edge Stencil site.
For real and true.
They model exactly how to do it.
[Awesome to the sweet creek moon and back, my friends–to the sweet creek moon and back.]
This picture represents reality as I know it.
Those hearts are not on my wall.
Neither are the words.
The arrows are.
This picture represents what I call the harsh reality of edges.
That monstor is not on my wall.
I frankly tell you, however, that it was on my face as I painted the edges.
It is now gone.
Except for when I wake up really early.
This is the completed wall.
I am grateful that it was a 9′ x 6.5′ wall.
You know–instead of bigger.
[That little monster dude might have made my face a permanent residence if the wall had been larger.]
Before After
I don’t love the socks off of the piece of metal art hanging on the right side of the picture. It will suffice until I discover what I want there, though.
It’s wall all kinds of wonderful to have it completed.
Boom.
2 COMMENTS
justliveit24
11 years agoTeresa I absolutely LOVE this!! What a great job you did! It is beautiful. Good Work!
Teresa Jones
11 years agoThank you, thank you, thank you.