Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Get Your Showoff Fix!
Today is super exciting! Roeshel is sharing a truely amazing before and after, which has me thinking a lot! Roeshel and I met earlier last year, and I fell in love with her immediatly. I am sure you will too!!
Hi Making a House a Home friends! I'm Roeshel from the
I'm so excited to be hanging out here today. I've had the pleasure of meeting Joey and Lana in person. They're awesome! Recently, I made a quick decision to give our stair landing a quick makeover. No thinking about it, I just jumped right in. I used leftover paint, supplies, and decorative accessories we already had on hand (+ the felted reindeer head, rug and clock I got for Christmas). Before was ho-hum with no personality and a 1980s brass/oak light fixture....
I made and cut out a diamond shaped stencil from posterboard and using a pencil, lightly traced the pattern on the wall.
I taped off the pattern with Frog tape. Cutting tape at an angle made for easier taping in the corners of the diamond. Thankfully I'm doing a small wall. I probably wouldn't attempt this on a large area.
It's important to take a credit card and rub all over the tape to make sure it’s all stuck to the wall for a crisp clean paint line. Otherwise paint will seep under the edges.
Here's what it looks like before painting...
In progress...
I did two coats and peeled off the tape immediately after the second coat, while the paint was still wet. Touch up paint as needed.
Take a look at the before of the small landing one more time:
And now the stairwell landing reveal…
Reader Comments (1)
Hmmm...I'm getting an unable to post error. But again, wanted to thank you two for letting me share my little DIY spot today! ;)