There are so many beautiful stencils on the market now. They are a great tool to add detail and character to any piece of furniture, like this chest of drawers, writes Joanne Condon of Kyle Lane
Piece of furniture you wish to stencil on; in this case, a chest of drawers
Sugar soap for cleaning
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Stencil from www.stencilit.co
Child’s paint brush or foam brush for stencilling
Undercoat
Satinwood paint for overall colour; I used Colourtrend satin in “Blue Folly”
Satinwood paint for stencil detail; I used Colourtrend satin in “Porcelain Doll”
Paint brush
Sanding block, medium grade
Frogtape
Screwdriver to remove handles/hardware
Method
1 Clean down your piece of furniture with sugar soap. Remove any handles and hardware. Sand with the grain and a medium-grade sanding block (just enough to scuff the surface to allow the undercoat to stick onto the piece).
The chest of drawers before. \ Joanne Condon
2 Paint the undercoat onto your piece. Don’t overload your brush with paint. Paint the awkward areas first and work your way around the piece. Leave to fully dry.
3 With Satinwood paint, paint the piece. I used “Blue Folly” by Colourtrend. This will need two coats, allowing the paint to fully dry in between each coat.
4 With this chest of drawers I laid it down on its back and positioned the stencil in place with Frogtape so that it wouldn’t move while stencilling.
There are many different stencils on the market now. \ Joanne Condon
5 With the child’s paint brush, dab the brush onto the design in the stencil using “Porceline Doll” by Colourtrend. Make sure not to use a brush stroke motion as the bristles may go underneath the stencil and you will be left with an uneven design.
6 Peel back the stencil straight away and work on the next section.
7 When the paint is fully dry, pop back on the handles or add new ones.
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Title: DIY with Joanne Condon: Stencilling
There are so many beautiful stencils on the market now. They are a great tool to add detail and character to any piece of furniture, like this chest of drawers, writes Joanne Condon of Kyle Lane
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Piece of furniture you wish to stencil on; in this case, a chest of drawers
Sugar soap for cleaning
Stencil from www.stencilit.co
Child’s paint brush or foam brush for stencilling
Undercoat
Satinwood paint for overall colour; I used Colourtrend satin in “Blue Folly”
Satinwood paint for stencil detail; I used Colourtrend satin in “Porcelain Doll”
Paint brush
Sanding block, medium grade
Frogtape
Screwdriver to remove handles/hardware
Method
1 Clean down your piece of furniture with sugar soap. Remove any handles and hardware. Sand with the grain and a medium-grade sanding block (just enough to scuff the surface to allow the undercoat to stick onto the piece).
The chest of drawers before. \ Joanne Condon
2 Paint the undercoat onto your piece. Don’t overload your brush with paint. Paint the awkward areas first and work your way around the piece. Leave to fully dry.
3 With Satinwood paint, paint the piece. I used “Blue Folly” by Colourtrend. This will need two coats, allowing the paint to fully dry in between each coat.
4 With this chest of drawers I laid it down on its back and positioned the stencil in place with Frogtape so that it wouldn’t move while stencilling.
There are many different stencils on the market now. \ Joanne Condon
5 With the child’s paint brush, dab the brush onto the design in the stencil using “Porceline Doll” by Colourtrend. Make sure not to use a brush stroke motion as the bristles may go underneath the stencil and you will be left with an uneven design.
6 Peel back the stencil straight away and work on the next section.
7 When the paint is fully dry, pop back on the handles or add new ones.
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