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December is here. What? When did that happen? This year, are you too madly creating gifts like me? I discovered this DIY wood wine rack at Home Depot back in late summer. It was inexpensive and a perfect, fun Christmas ...

A beautiful winter white wall hanging is an elegant way to decorate your walls for the holidays! All you need is a canvas, ribbon, a couple of small furniture-sized stencils and your imagination to get in on this trend! For our wall ...

Aniko of Place of my taste, recently moved her two boys, 3 and 5, together in one nursery. They are great playmates and it’d be fun to have them share a room, she thought. The original room had an elephant ...

Recently, we shared how incredible haute and trending scallops, waves and fish scales patterns were in interior design. We’ve since seen really amazing Royal Design Studio projects with our scallop stencils and they flow easily from shimmery sweet looks to ...

Is your summer heating up like ours here in North Carolina? It’s just like a sauna, often made worse by a five o’clock thunderstorm, so Steve and I retreat to our shaded deck as often as possible. Recently I decided ...

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 ...

Do you have a flair for the exotic, a hunger for creative inspiration and application, and a yearning to discover a uniquely different culture while learning something new about your art and about yourself? Then this Marrakech Exclusive! 8-day Paint & ...

Marrakech Painting Adventure May 2-14, 2014 Join Melanie Royals for our 6th magical Peacock Painting Retreat to Marrakech, Moroccan Dreams, May 2-13, 2014. Past painting retreats have had us creating amazing ceiling treatments, one-of-a-kind murals, patterned patchwork concrete, stunning stenciled stair ...

Post Update: This contest in now closed.  The winning stencil name was Sultan Swirl Wall Stencil suggested by Tamra Alexander Cook. Find the Sultan Swirl Wall Stencil on Royal Design Studio. Check back on our Stencil Contests page often for your chance to win! Moroccan design ...

Sometimes we come across people who absolutely LOVE the look of a stenciled wall, but are skeptical about the time, effort or perhaps even the skill level that they ‘think’ might be required to complete a beautiful featured wall or ...