Paint + Pattern Where design & creativity collide

Do you tote your stenciling tools from home to studio? Do you work on projects at a client’s home? This classy leather stencil brush holder is a lovely way to store and carry your prized collection. The flexible design and ...

I am all about thinking up easy projects this summer. How about you? It’s steamy hot here in North Carolina, and some days no one even wants to venture outside. The huge afternoon downpours add insult to it all. Our ...

Something’s afoot at Royal Design Studio! We’ve been oohing and ahhing lately over pretty stenciled and painted floors created with our stencil collections. Stenciling a floor is a versatile DIY project – it can be a temporary fix for drab ...

Lauren of The Thinking Closet wanted to give a bright n’ beachy makeover to a beautiful roll top desk. It’s current stained oak look just wasn’t their style. So she painted the outside of the desk using Behr’s silver screen gray, ...

What do you do with an old dresser that doesn’t match your room’s color scheme anymore? Trash it? Steph of Crafting in the Rain found herself with a dresser that her son grew out of. With its baby-blue color, it ...

Last month Paint + Pattern featured art, crafts and architecture from the beautiful country of India, while we at Royal Design Studio launched a new and gorgeous Indian Stencils Collection. Our talented contributors, Debbie Hayes of My Patch of Blue Sky and Deb Trombley of India ...

A dollhouse can be one of the sweetest memories for a child. Beth & Nick from the Sawdust & Embryos blog decided to create one for their two daughters. Being the DIY dynamos that they are, they also added lots ...

Stencils are the chameleons of the design world – they can adjust easily between surfaces and you can use absolutely any color scheme you’d like! Royal Design Studio has so many stencil patterns to choose from that it makes finding the perfect ...

We’ve been noticing a pretty table trend lately-dressing up table tops with stencils! Stenciling a tabletop can be a GREAT first stencil project – it’s so fast, fun, and easy! Any size tabletop is fair game for stenciling, but small ...

Painted & Stenciled Chevron Stripes transform a vintage metal school design into a Mid-Century marvel with the help of our Chevron Stripes Furniture Stencil. We recently featured the work of Ida from The Urban Cottage in this Airstream Trailer stencil transformation and now she’s ...