I had a friend come over when I said "I need help stenciling my kitchen" - she later admitted that she didn't know what I was thinking because she, like most people pictured some little vine stencil thing. But stencils can be cool! Here I am with the actual stencil sheet product, pulling off the first wheel.
I got better with each one. The detailed instructions say to use minimal paint on your roller, but I was in a hurry to see the results so I used too much paint - there was a little bleeding, but I could only see it up close (and I don't plan to let people climb on my cabinets, so it doesn't matter). The hardest part was deciding placement. After my friend left I had to rely on my five-year old, as I held the stencil and asked her "does that look like it's in the right spot"
Actually, maybe the hardest part was the heat. Hot air rises, and I swear it was 20 degrees hotter up on top of my cabinets than on the floor - really! Phew, it was a doozy. But well worth it.
I had one stencil size - the large - but to get some smaller wheels I just used that stencil and didn't paint the outer rim. Here I am with the small roller that's available through the same site - loved it!
What I loved most is that a stencil is reusable! It gives the look of vinyl decals that is so "in", but you can use it over and over. Perfect. Now I look up and see this instead of my boring wall of nothingness:
The black plays up our built-in desk area which is in the eat-in kitchen (so basically in the same room) and the yellow is in my curtains. It's hard to get a good shot of the whole room, but I tried:
I wish I could invite you all over to see them - - they look AWESOME in person.
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