wallpaper without the paper, please.

i want something graphic and a little punchy for my kitchen walls.

i don't want punchy color, i want punchy as in something a little different than the norm with lots of texture and pattern.

i initially thought wallpaper but there is nothing i hate more than removing it.... so NOPE.

(because i will want to remove it. that is what i do. i change things.)

so. wall stencil?! for the same effect?

yep.

remember i found this a while back and told you i was about to purchase. now i'm glad i didn't because i'm over it. and sooo many people have used it now. don't get me wrong, it's still a lovely stencil, i just don't think ikat is the way i want to go.

so then i moved onto another ethnic print: indian paisley.

big fan. and this one was the winner. (i've been on the hunt/search for months now.)

but then i found this one below, and i thought i could maybe make one like it. it's smaller and more floral. and cute!

but i liked this one below for it's airy quality. i have a smaller kitchen. it would do quite nicely. but i'd have to make it. and not sure how that would work out. so i moved on.

then i thought about this david hicks print in a domino oldie. it looks totally do-able in terms of diy-ing a stencil. so then it was the winner. and i was s-o-l-d.

until i saw this david hicks rendition on design*sponge and it got me all excited.

winner winner chicken dinner!

i'm going to hurry up and do it before i change my mind again!! but seriously, i have lived with this for a few weeks now and i like it more and more and more. i'll even be using the same-ish colors, and most definitely the gold.

as soon as i have a free weekend, i'm going to get my diy ON.

of course i'll post the before, during, and afters...

and i've never stenciled before so it could get a little hairy :)

JILL

new wall stencil

i think i'm going to purchase this ikat stencil i found on etsy last week, for my kitchen.

i'm getting ahead of myself. i am 98% finished with the family room painting projects after this weekend, and i'm not starting more until those are finished! (because i have a bad track record of having too many open projects!) but i got really excited when i found this. i originally had thought about wallpaper but i don't want the hassle of hanging it, or the hassel of taking it down when i inevitably want to change my mind :)

so a wall stencil it is. i've had my feelers out for a cool one for a bit now, but this one! i love.

at this very moment, i am going to paint my oak cabinets gray, and i'm thinking 2 shades of white and off-white for the walls with this stencil... and a killer color on the ceiling. i realize not having any pictures makes it near impossible for you to grasp what i want to do but they are coming... as soon as the family room is finished. promise. (p.s. silver drop is beautiful. love.)

one more thing, a secret i can't keep any longer... i bought a settee i'm going to use as a banquette!! pictures to come. it's on the list for some more homemade reupholstery... (sense the nervousness in my typing there? haha. we'll see if this one turns out as great as the last one.) and a new location- not for the dining room anymore! i know i know, the suspense is just too much :)

JILL

stencil found here.