Pinterest Inspired Projects Guest Post

Hey guys, this is Bethia from Pinterest Inspired Projects here. Since posting last, my life has had some huge changes. The biggest being that I am pregnant, yay! I am currently 5 months along, and am waiting to find out the gender. This means that my nursery will need to be done gender neutral.

A few weeks ago I finally chose my color palette, and bought my first nursery project, curtains. Then I was wandering around The Wood Connection, and saw some really cute frames there. I have stenciled a frame in the past, and thought it would be darling to do a repeat performance, in my nursery colors.

 

 

Materials
Oval Frame from The Wood Connection
Stencil (I used Arabesque from Martha Stewart)
Paint
Brushes
Sponge Roller (I bought that at Michael's in the same area as the stencil)
Mirror (anything bigger than 12 x 12 needs to be purchased at a glass shop)

Before you paint anything, make sure that you know which colors you want where, and how you have to paint it. With the stencil I am using the color that the 'lines' will be is the color I have to paint first. My lines will be white, which makes everything easy. If I wanted to switch my colors I would have to make sure that my white would cover the orange underneath. After painting the front of my frame white, I started on my stencil.

I stenciled a frame in the past, and my design ended up being slightly tilted. To ensure I didnt do that this time, I took a piece of colored chalk and a level, and drew a line at the bottom of my frame. This allowed me to align my stencil perfectly straight.

There is my stencil framed mirror. I plan on putting the crib right below the frame.
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Bethia Wright