Paint + Pattern Where design & creativity collide

Wow, it’s spring and our deck was a mess. Pollen, hundreds of fallen gum balls and, I admit, a few dead plants. Yuck. Is yours ready for some TLC too? Steve built our party-ready deck about 15 years ago with ...

I have to tell you Ikea is a favorite destination for our family – swedish meatballs, Småland for the kids to play and an afternoon of waltzing around the showroom! On our last trip to Ikea I came across the ...

Common-looking furniture is really, well, common! And indeed, some plain furniture IS necessary in a good overall decorating scheme. Not everything in a room can have a screaming loud personality, because then everything would be fighting with each other for ...

During the month of February Paint + Pattern is featuring stenciling projects for our master bedrooms. This is perfect timing for me because I recently refinished all three large pieces of painted  furniture in my bedroom. They went from orangey ...

Do you want to add pattern to your furniture, but not to the whole piece? Why not add an unexpected twist with stencils! What a stencil surprise it is to see a pop of pattern inside cabinets, drawers and other ...

Whether your table is old or new, big or small, a little paint and stenciling can make it the piece that you’ve been hunting for, but never quite found. The best part is that a stencil table top is budget ...

This old, rustic cabinet came from the gigantic Hillsville, Virginia Labor Day antiques show, probably 15 years ago. I loved it, but my neighbor bought it out from under me. I ended up trading her for my old kitchen cabinets ...

Have you become obsessed with Royal Design Studio stencils and Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan? It’s no secret that I am passionate about the possibilities of using both together. You may have seen my stenciled and painted sofa earlier this ...

Stenciling a pattern onto a dresser, a functional piece of furniture that can be found in any room, is an easy, affordable and a fantastic way to add style and panache to a space. You can use the body, sides ...

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 ...