Stenciling le toilette room

stenciling le toilette room in the master bath was a nasty job...

too many things to stencil around

toilette

urinal

towel warmer

window

telephone
but mostly

~corners~

the stenciling in the little toilette room
was the final thing left to do in a

master bathroom makeover

i bought this stencil quite awhile ago

it's a swirly fun pattern
called Scroll Wall from
stencilease

i thought that would be easier having a big one...

thinking now

~not~

next one will be smaller

couldn't get the corner thing figured out

and the stencil is pretty thick plastic

 doesn't like to go around corners....

waiting on my uber talented dil to do that for me

she will probably do it free hand....

since my walls are

10 feet high
&
the room is
8'x7'

wallpapering was going to cost a fortune
i wanted an embossed white wallpaper
that I could paint over
~$500~
yikes...too much

so i thought what the heck i can do this stenciling thang...

i learned a lot!!!!

i read this post on stenciling from
young house love's blog
that my dil told me about
very helpful

it wasn't pretty as i am not an artistic person

~AT ALL~

luckily i chose a pattern that is very forgiving

what with so many swirly thingies going on

it is hard to tell where it starts and where it stops

oh the color was an issue too

i got a can of paint that was the same color as the wall

just had it made in high gloss thinking this would give a good contrast

~nope it didn't~

so my
~dil~
gotta check out her crafty blog
bowl of oranges
 just kept adding white until we got the color right

there is lots of fixing to do

from when i left the stencil on too long

or took it off too quick

like i said  i learned lots,
~however~

i love stepping into the room now 
&
i loved stepping out of my comfort zone
and going from calculators
 to
sponge brushes....

linking up to
Savvy Southern Style's
Wow us Wednesday's
Party

big reveal tomorrow
the master bathroom make-over
that took almost a year

sneek peek
(my new pocket door)