This week’s installment of our Stencil Star™ series features the incredible works of Arizona-based husband and wife team, Anna & Scott Sadler of Surface Refinements. They use Modello Designs vinyl wall stencils and patterns in ever-creative and ways for many unique ...
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Our weekly Stencil Star™ series showcases our customer’s use of our Royal Design Studio mylar wall stencils and Modello™ custom stencils on walls, ceilings, floors, and more. This week, we travel to Dallas, Texas to see the beautiful work of Amy ...
Read More »Stencils Are a Hit at IDAL
The International Decorative Artisans League Convention (IDAL)was quite a success! Attendance was somewhat low, with just over 200 artisans attending, but with a renewed interest in stencils we had a busy booth and I was thrilled that both my classes ...
Read More »Customer Love: Gary Lord Uses Modello Designs
Having two companies can be a lot like having two children. You love each one passionately and strive to give them equal amounts of time and attention. It can be hard to maintain that balance, though, when one or the ...
Read More »Reflecting on the Possibilities: Patterned Mirrors
As a decorative artist and surface finish designer, I’ve enjoyed creating literally 100’s of unique finishes that incorporate pattern. In fact, I simply don’t “do” a finish without pattern!! I love the combination and manipulation of design, medium, tools, color, ...
Read More »Sideways: Headboard Stencil
Sideways….a classic name for a classic movie about one of my favorite things….wine! Another of my favorite things? Cool customer project photos showing interesting applications for our Modello patterns. For example, these two photos from two different artists showing a ...
Read More »Stylish Decorative Treatments From Faux Works Studio
My good friend, Barb Skivington, has undeniably one of the loveliest decorative finishing teaching studios in the whole country-Faux Works Studio in High Point, NC. Besides a state-of-the-art studio area, it also includes an elegant showroom full of interesting decorative ...
Read More »Modello by Design Volume 2: Part 2
Here are some more inspiring images from the forthcoming Modello by Design-Inspiring Images from Artist’s Portfolios, Part 2. These are all from a talented single artist-Rita Melnick. A beautiful frieze using TransBor116 Modified panels. Lovely Art Deco, lined leaves with ModAll111 ...
Read More »Modello by Design Volume 2: Part 1
Back in June, 2008 we published the first edition of Modello by Design-Inspiring Images from Artist’s Portfolios. Featuring the work of 80 different decorative artisans using our Modello patterns, this book has become a definitive resource tool for ideas, inspiration, ...
Read More »Modello, Me, and Miami at HD Boutique
Well, everything arrived in one piece for the Modello Designs booth at the HD Boutique Show (other than all the things that still needed to be assembled on site. that is), and after two days of sweating in an un-air conditioned convention ...
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