There is just something about the month of March that has me painting. I don’t know if it’s a spring cleaning thing or what. I always seem to tackle painting my house in March. Anyway this accent wall in our dining room has been on my to-do list for a loooong time! Today I’m going to give you a sneak peek and show you how I created my own DIY quatrefoil stencil.
First I searched online for a stencil that I loved. I found a gorgeous stencil for $39.95, which after shipping to Canada would have been $60!!! And it would have taken at least two weeks to get here. I want to paint now! Ha ha. So I googled quatrefoil images and found this one {sorry, I searched through pages of images ~ if this one is yours please let me know so that I can give you proper creds!}. Then I printed it out onto cardstock and cut out the grey parts.
Next I drew a pencil line straight down the center of my wall. I lined the edge on the stencil up with this.
Here you see two stenciled images, one on top of the other.
I used a sponge paintbrush and shiny glaze to get my final quatrefoil image. I filled in the tab/attached area using a small paintbrush after I removed the stencil.
Here I’m almost done a whole row!
My orange paint color is Ground Nutmeg from Behr ~ the second I started painting it on I knew I loved it! It’s not too Halloweeny you know? It did take three coats to get a nice, even finish and I still have a lot of stencilling to do but I promise to share the full reveal soon!
Thanks for peeking in!
Oh Heather, it looks amazing! I love the color and I just love the subtlety of the glaze … it’s fantastic!
Love it ! I’m a big fan of stencils a have a couple of walls done in the house :) Great job !
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You did that all with that stencil you printed off? Wow, that’s amazing Heather!
Cheri
Could you post the document for printing the quatrefoil image?
Thanks for sharing this! I have been looking for a way to do this without buying those ridiculously priced stencils, and yours looks great! I found a pattern very similar to the one you used at https://diddledumpling.blogspot.com/2011/04/tutorial-hand-painted-rug.html
So you used just a glaze? what kind? omg i love the look.
Yes, thank you!