Decorating a room does not have to stop at the walls. When you want to decorate the ceiling of a room as well as its walls, consider painting roses onto it. Many people cannot freehand pictures like roses, so they use a stencil and make painting the design easier and the roses more uniform. Stenciling a pattern onto a ceiling is more difficult than doing so onto a wall, but most people will relish the challenge.
Instructions
1. Choose a rose stencil for your ceiling. Select one stencil that is the size and shape that you would desire, or choose several rose stencils of varying shapes and sizes.
2. Place a tall ladder beneath the area in which you want to begin stenciling the roses. Starting at a corner is often easier so that you can uniformly stencil the entire ceiling.
3. Place the stencil onto the ceiling and tape it with painter's tape, making sure that you do so tightly so that there is no space between the ceiling and the stencil.
4. Place your paint inside a small paint tray and roll a small foam roller lightly in the paint. Do not overload the roller with the paint, because excess paint could squeeze beneath the stencil and cause a smear.
5. Roll the foam roller over the stencil lightly. Pressing too hard could make the paint seep beneath the stencil. Leave the stencil in place and allow the paint to dry completely.
6. Apply a second coat when the first coat is dry. Allow that coat to dry, then remove the stencil.
7. Use a that has a flat, wide tip if you are using a stencil that will have more than one color, such as a rose with leaves and a stem. Apply paint to the sponge tip and stipple it onto the stencil using a straight up and down motion. Allow the first color to dry for a few moments.
8. Repeat the process with a clean sponge brush and a different color of paint in the remaining sections of the stencil.
9. Apply another coat of each color, allow the paint to dry and then remove the stencil.
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