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Royal Design and Stencil Library both have blogs with tutorials too.
Straight stencils? Dangle a door key from a string, it falls in a straight line. Match the edge of the stencil with the string and it too will hang straight.

Yes it's all looking fabulous and the chairs look great. It's wonderful to be able to grow the food so close to the table too. The soft fruit should be arriving in my garden in a couple of weeks (Northern England) mmmm breakfasts of warm strawberries.

I don't know whether Erica used a stencil to create her chevron art work but there is one at The Stencil-Library that looks just like it. Anyway, she did a wonderful job and maybe she will tell us. I like her destination boards too. A very lovely home

Two duvets above and one below me plus a hot water bottle in a furry cover. That sorts out a northern British winter. I'm coveting Amymj's snuggly pug though.

Everythingtwogether. A stencil is a tool for applying pattern, usually with paint but not always. Sun exposure would not make a difference because one would paint over the stenciled pattern to remove it. You may have confused a stencil with a decal. Earlier in this post I suggested that stencils could be used to decorate wallpaper, fabric or canvas and then hung as artwork. They can move home when you do.

Ooooh lovely. My Singapore home was a UK Army flat in the 1960's.. still loved it but not as fab as these. My fave is no 2 then 3

I think both versions are lovely but the blue is such a happy colour. Good paint job.

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I am hugely late to this thread and I hope that you got the job done successfully. If not ask me. They were my hands in the picture I stencil many reverse and negative patterns and I could have told you. It is a simple process. Cut a few leaf leaf shapes from Mylar film. Adhere to the wall with a light spray of repision adhesive. Apply the paint to the wall with a roller. Roll away the excess paint so that so that the paint is damp not wet. Start the rollering process on the mylar shapes and roll off them. The edges will be clean if you worked off the excess paint. Remove the leaf mask to reveal a white leaf on your newly painted green wall. This method works really well on patterned wallpaper. There are lots of stencil how to's on my blog. Those that say that stencilling is a pain don't know how to do it correctly.

My English home was built in the 1600's I have used the painted crown molding effect in many of the rooms. Also stencilled panels take the eye away from wonky ceiling lines. Lovely blue colour.