Today begins a new weekly series on Stencil Stars™ where we showcase our customer’s use of our mylar wall stencils and Modello™ masking stencils on walls, ceilings, floors, and more. Each week ...
It’s been a long and colorful journey for my friend Maryam and her husband Chris to realize their vision for their “built from the ground up” boutique hotel, Peacock Pavilions, in a...
It’s time for a semi-quick SNAP! wrapup. What is SNAP! you say? So glad that you asked! SNAP! is the brainchild of a group of amazingly talented, creative and design-savvy bloggers. It will hop...
I pin. You pin. We all pin for a stencil win! I know that many of you are already BIG Pinterest fans (like me!), as well as Royal Design Studio stencil fans. SO…..we are so pleased to announce ...
It’s officially time to put away the winter blues and meet a season that’s all about blooming anew! Speaking of blooming anew, to celebrate our newly redesigned Royal Design Studio stencil...
Angie from The Country Chic Cottage tackled the job of repainting a vintage cabinet for Mom It Forward that had belonged to her husbands family for years: She used our Deco Damask S...
It seems like everyone is painting and stenciling furniture these days. And why not? Furniture makes a great little canvas for stencil patterns and you can accent details like table tops, drawer fron...
Some time ago, I offered a Sneak Peek at a new Virtual Workshop I was working on with Katrina Johnson of SkimStone: Mastering Modello Patterns and SkimStone Surfaces. I had hoped to have this new onl...
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There is nothing more inspiring to me than to see finished projects that our customers have done with our wall and furniture stencils! One of the things I am most excited about is that our new stenci...
It’s HERE! After months, years really, we have our new Royal Design Studio stencil website to unveil. Actually, it’s a Royal Design Studio stencil website 2.0, because we’ve taken t...
The Annie Sloan North American Tour is ON! I’ve just returned from an exciting week in New Orleans, where Annie has kicked off her North American Tour by presenting an inspiring class to those ...
I have a rather large book case wall unit in my living room. It’s…OK. Just OK. It’s functional. It’s “there”. I often look at it and think a) needs dusting AGAIN!...
Growing up, we always had Family Circle magazines around the house. In fact, my Mom still has a subscription. Now, I’ll admit, it is no longer a “must read” magazine for me the way ...
Recently, I was asked by House Beautiful to participate in a blogger’s feature on inspiring green spaces from the pages of House Beautiful magazine. The assignment: Share how a “green...
It’s hard to believe that it has been 4 years since I starting taking flocks of Peacock Painters over to Peacock Pavilions in Marrakesh to work with Maryam on decorating walls, floors, ceilings...
One of my favorite stores to drop in for color and current trend inspiration is Pier One. And I’ll also admit to an occasional purchase or two. So exciting then when blogging friend Beth Hunter...
Cecelia Paredes is a performance artist who paints her body in a way that she becomes an indivisible extension of her subject matter: in this case natural forms represented in organic wallpaper patte...
And we have a winner!! First and foremost I would like to thank each and every ALL of you who entered our lastest stencil giveaway for taking the time to visit our stencil website, comment, tweet, sh...
We had SUCH a wonderful response to our last giveaway we did in conjunction with the amazing blog, The Nesting Place, we r totally down with the opportunity to do it AGAIN! Now that the winter doldru...
I have something to share with you. This something has me feeling excited, stressed, creative, anxious, thrilled. This something keeps me focused, overwhelmed, engaged, up at night. This something ca...
A random Pinterest search yesterday brought me to the most stunning, moody, sensuous painting of a woman with gold flecked hair. Source: jeanniejeannie.com via Melanie on Pinterest Of course I...
There is so much that I enjoy with sharing this furniture stenciling pin! It’s a superb piece by good friend Debbie Hayes of Faux Design Studio and the Faux Plus Design blog. It uses Annie Slo...
Introducing your newest addiction. Design Seeds is like color lover’s crack. Color pusher Jessica has organized her beautifully created palettes by thoughtful themes including mineral, summer, ...
Pinterest pin of the day! Chinoiserie is the 18th century European interpretation of Chinese ornament. It is one of my favorite aesthetic styles, but can be quite formal looking. I love the scale and...
I created a stenciled vinyl floorcloth using Annie Sloan Chalk Paint recently for a booth display that got rave reviews so thought it would make a good step-by-step tutorial to share! Stenciled floor...
And the winner of the Annie Sloan Chalk Paint gift basket is…… Kim Lombardi. Kim left comment #7 and ALSO left two other bonus comments including a comment about which Royal Design Studio...
Welcome to a brand New Year! It is now time for the annual rite of making new promises to ourselves, setting new goals, attempting to discard bad habits. A fresh year bring a fresh slate; a blank can...
I hope your Christmas was fabulous, enjoyable, and joyful! Ours was filled with family-as it should be. On Christmas day we traveled north from San Diego (about 2 hours) to spend the day with my husb...
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