Closet Stencil

Back to our closet redo. 

No one but Les and I go in our closet, but I wanted to wallpaper one wall in the closet. 

 Well if you have ever priced wall paper and you know how I roll, 

you would know that wall paper will not happen. 

 (I only do things on the cheap.  Wallpaper would cost $120 or more to do my one small wall in damask.)  

My first idea was to starch material on the wall. 

 But then I would need to spend around $50 on material.  

Stencil!!! 

 It would cost NOTHING but time! 

First I found a motif I liked. 

 Mine came from a scrap of scrap booking paper my neighbor gave me.

 (It's the pink paper in the photo above.)  

Then I enlarged it on my printer/copier.  

(Black and white paper above.)  

Then I traced the part of the motif I wanted and enlarged it again. 

 (See below)

Then I traced the image onto my stencil plastic.

 (This was free as it is actually the plastic that comes in a bacon package.)

(Just wash it in hot soapy water and your ready to cut a stencil.)

 I used an exacto knife to cut out the design.

I used paint I had already bought for the bathroom. 

 You need very little paint to stencil.  

Make sure you use a dabbing motion. 

 If you get to much paint it leaks under the stencil and is yucky.

I just used a paint stick to spread the paint on the back of the lid and dabbed the brush in it.

For my first row I measured 2 inches in between each motif.  

The second row I used a marker and traced the motif in the corners.

(See below)  

From then on I just lined up those marks.

 

I love how it turned out!  

Especially for free!!!!  

My sister thinks it's to much work for a closet, 

but it just makes me smile every time I go in there.  

What do you think? 

Soon I will post the whole closet redo,

 we have just a few more things to complete.

  Thanks for leaving comments I really like them!