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>From: andreamomof2

>I have been in creative mode lately...and I have burdened myself with many
>projects...some done, some started and some still in thought stage.....I do
>have a couple of things I need some ideas on....
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>I want to stencil in my Living Room and I need some ideas on what type of
>stencil you think would work best.....here's a brief description of my living
>room...and bear with me because it's tough to explain...(I have pictures if
>that would help, LOL). One straight wall that runs the course of my dining
>room, through my living room and into my foyer....I am hanging a grapevine
>garland in a wispy, sort of natural way....and will be adding berry strands
>and
>perhaps some rusty tin garland to it.....on the opposite wall...I have two
>windows (large, long windows)....and a fireplace between the windows. This is
>the wall I'd like to stencil. I collect teddybears (Boyd's, et al.) but I
>also
>have some hearts and star craft items and primitive decor. The colors are
>hunter green and off white...my curtains are off white lace (not sure if I'll
>be keeping them, but if not, I will replace with similar colored ones). So,
>here's my dilemma..I would have liked to stencil up one side...from floor to
>top of window...and down....but because the one window's edge is the border
>of
>my dining room..that won't work....so I was thinking that perhaps I could go
>across each window with a stencil....down to the floor...across molding and
>up
>and around fireplace...ending at the top end of the next window? I've
>pictured
>this, and it seems like it would be great, providing I use the "right"
>stencil.
>Any suggestions for a motif? I don't want anything to complex.....as my
>decorating is simple. Do you think a checkerboard, alternating with primitive
>hearts and/or primitive stars would be good? Any other ideas would be
>appreciated. 

======I like the star/heart checkerboard idea. I do know that checkerboards can
be difficult so I would suggest using a stencil and lining it up carefully. 
Since your motif is simple you could probably free hand some stars in a wiggly
border around your windows...does that make sense?  Not straight but up and
then down, then a little twisted....then back up.  A pale yellowish tan color
might look good then if you are really good at freehand you could take a small
brush dipped in the color you choose (green maybe?) and then do a swirly ribbon
in and around the stars and they would appear to be hanging from a ribbon on
the wall.  Oh geeze I can picture it in my head, I just can't describe it so
that it sounds normal!  LOL======
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>Next dilemma:
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>I am redoing my bathroom
=====snickering here======
....just the paint and trim...long story but one of
>my
>children tore a portion of the wallpaper out after they broke the towel rack
>:(
>Anyway, I'm mixed up my own paint with the Home Depot "Oops" paint and came
>up
>with a lovely yellowish tanish, beigish color and I'm painting the trim in a
>country blue. As my theme (and I'm not changing that) is sunflowers.....all
>my
>decor is in green, yellow and blue.....but should I 1. Stencil a border 2.
>Freehand paint a border or 3. Use a wallpaper border. I can do all 3...but I
>saw a wonder paper border that had sunflowers and then little blue
>flowers...just about the color of my trim.....but then I also have a layered
>stencil kit of sunflowers but then I thought of doing it freehand...but will
>I
>get bored..painting the same thing over and over????? HELP!!!!

=========if you use standard stencil paint in a bathroom or other "wet room"
you will need to seal it or it could start to run.  Happened to a friend of
mine and it wasn't pretty!!  Stencils have a nice outcome but they can be
tedious.  My mother did a stencil in her living room ON ONE WALL and finally
got so sick of it she left off the last color on the leaves...lol.  I kept
saying something didn't look right and she finally admitted it.  If she would
have finished it, it would have been beautiful.  I put a wallpaper border in my
bathroom...and it was easy and looks great, just one problem....it started to
peel next to the tub.  I just glued it back down and it's doing ok so far.  The
only kind of wallpaper I will do is borders.  I did the whole room
thing....ONCE and said never again!  LOL.  Let us know what you decide and if
you get any other great ideas...share. =)

I have a few unfinished rooms in this house and lots of ideas.  My current idea
is crown molding in the living room.  Husband is not thrilled with that
idea...lol.  Since none of the walls or ceilings in our house are straight,
level, or plumb.========
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