Some stencils can be very intricate while others are simple, so take your time selecting them.
Giving your room a fresh look often involves painting the walls, adding new fabrics, or changing up the furniture. A more subtle way to update a room to suite your tastes is to apply new paint to the ceiling and stencil it for a personalized look. Decide the colors of paint you want to use for both your base coat and stenciled items based on your decor. Select the kinds of stencils you want to use from flowers or swirls, to shooting stars or animals.
Instructions
1. Move all furniture out of the room and spread drop cloths over the floor. Use a ladder to reach the ceiling and apply painter's tape along all of the edges of the walls as well as around light fixtures or vents to prevent them from being painted.
2. Use a paintbrush to apply ceiling paint around areas of the ceiling that have tape next to them. Use a roller to apply the paint to the ceiling, working in small 4-by-4-foot sections at a time, from one end of the room to the other. Allow the ceiling paint to dry overnight or longer as specified by the label.
3. Plan how you want to apply your stencils in the room. The stencils can be used to create a border around the ceiling, to create an all-over pattern across the ceiling, or choose to stencil in the center of the ceiling to create a medallion effect.
4. Position your stencil on the ceiling and use painter's tape to hold it in place. Dab a foam brush into the paint color you need, and tap the brush over the stencil to apply the paint to the ceiling, filling in the stencil cutout area. Switch colors as needed for multicolored stencils. Don't move the stencil you are working on until you have applied all the colors.
5. Wipe over the back of the stencil with a damp sponge before repeating Step 4 with the same stencil. Continue to apply your stencils as desired throughout the room until it is complete. Allow the stenciling to dry for at least two hours before lifting drop cloths and replacing furniture, which can stir up dust.
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