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Stenciled Stripes are AWESOME, baby!

by Gwen Jun 19

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Stenciled-Wall-StripesSo…

Remember about 11 years ago, when I showed you how to Paint the Perfect Wall Stripes?

Yeah, well… I gave a little sneak peak of what I did, but I never actually showed you my stenciled stripes.

And when I started searching for the photographs, I came up with relatively zilch-oh.

And what I did find, were all from my Pre-Nikon-take-blog-pictures-with-my-cell-phone days.

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But no matter… it is what it is, right?

And once we were done with the Perfect Wall Stripes, it looked blah.

I mean, yes… stripes ARE  awesome.

But I had this Covington Allover Stencil {which I won} just sitting there.

And we had a conversation, girl to girl…

And let me tell you… she’s terribly persuasive.

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What a huge difference… from dark and scary…

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To Oooo-la-la, baby!

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I did manage to get that dark teal wall covered with Rain by Sherwin Williams.

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And for a while, the red curtains went back up.

But they aren’t there now, baby…

I’ll get to that at some point.

And I pinky-promise, it won’t be another 11 years before I do.

I’ll be honest, stenciling these stripes took some patience, of which I have very little.  But this time, it was totally worth it.

Dontcha think?

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What the BOLD ones say:

  1. cassie says

    Jun 19 at 6:27 am

    this is such a cool idea, friend! i never would have thought to combine stripes and stencils! love it!

    • Gwen says

      Jun 19 at 7:56 am

      Thank you so much, Cassie! It’s a good thing that Stencil was sitting right there staring me in the face, yo!

      Happy Wednesday, friend!

  2. Jane's Adventures in Dinner says

    Jun 19 at 10:17 am

    LOVE the stencil! I’m looking for an easy brighten for our room, hmmmm, maybe this is it for me.

    • Gwen says

      Jun 19 at 10:39 am

      Thank you, Jane! I’m so uber-happy with this project… it’s almost shameful!!!

  3. Ali says

    Jun 19 at 12:31 pm

    SO pretty! I love me some stripes 🙂

    • Gwen says

      Jun 19 at 4:02 pm

      Thank you, Ali! Stripes are da bomb!

  4. Bliss says

    Jun 19 at 7:59 pm

    Did you need more patience than your stairs? They look like I would need lots of patience for them so I am guessing I will never have cool stair treads or a stenciled wall.

    • Gwen says

      Jun 20 at 8:03 pm

      Yes. Emphatically so. But I’m glad I did it, for sure!

  5. keri @ shaken together says

    Jun 20 at 4:28 am

    I absolutely love those stenciled stripes – great way to make a big impact!!

    • Gwen says

      Jun 20 at 8:04 pm

      Thank you, girlie! And thank you for reminding how Phil Phillips was… I’m downloading him onto my mp3 player!

  6. [email protected] The Better Half says

    Jun 20 at 9:12 am

    wow gwen that is effing amazing!!!!!! i am in awe of you!!!

    • Gwen says

      Jun 20 at 8:07 pm

      Thank you so effing much, Jocie! You made my freakin’ day!

  7. [email protected] Boppy says

    Jun 20 at 12:20 pm

    Looks great Gwen!!

    • Gwen says

      Jun 20 at 8:07 pm

      Thank you, girlie!

  8. Michele says

    Jun 21 at 5:05 pm

    Love these stripes. Pinned:) Swing by https://www.sewsweetvintage.com/2013/06/beachy-signs.html

    • Gwen says

      Jun 22 at 10:54 am

      Thanks so much, Michele!

  9. Kelly @ View Along the Way says

    Jun 23 at 8:44 pm

    That. ROCKS. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone do this before! Good thing she’s the persuasive type of stencil, because she was totally right. 🙂

    • Gwen says

      Jun 25 at 11:29 am

      Thank you so much, Kelly! I’m so glad my lazy-self actually listened to her.. it’a a freakin’ miracle, yo.

  10. Anja says

    Jun 29 at 5:38 am

    Wow, this looks great! I love the pattern you have chosen with the soft blue – adorable!

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