Did you know that besides amazing Royal Design Studio stencils for walls and furniture, we also have a well-stocked Paint and Create store full of tools and decorative paint mediums? With the start of a new year, we thought it ...
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Feed SubscriptionStencil DIY: A Customized Brush Holder
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 ...
Read More »4 Great Chalk Paint Techniques for Carved Surfaces
Want to learn some very easy and effective Chalk Paint® techniques for accenting carved surfaces? Painting with Chalk Paint® decorative paint by Annie Sloan is the easiest way to transform furniture and moldings with a few quick brushstrokes, as it ...
Read More »Creative Coloring & Antiquing with Stencils
Stenciling with a single color of paint can be fast and easy, but we have an easy way for you to take your wall stencil projects up a notch by adding soft layers of metallic color with our Royal Stencil Creme ...
Read More »Easy Chalk Paint® and Stencil Idea for your Garden Pots
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 ...
Read More »How-to Make Beautiful Candle Holders Using Stencils
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 ...
Read More »Three Stenciling Tips for a Roll Top Desk
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, ...
Read More »DIY Stenciled Outdoor Metal Artwork
I have been itching to fill a blank area surrounding this large urn filled with seasonal flowers. I added the Egyptian metal items over time, but the boring gap really bugged me, especially during the winter. It is the view ...
Read More »DIY Stenciled Chicken Tracks Door Mat
What’s more all-American country style than a farmhouse with a chicken coop and eggs for breakfast? And when the feathered friends are walking around in a garden of prairie flowers, their tracks make for the cutest pattern. So when I saw ...
Read More »Stencil How-to: Stenciled Starfish Lampshade
Stenciling a lampshade is a fast and easy way to light up a room. This stenciled starfish lampshade project can be done in about an hour. The results can be enjoyed for years, but this is such an EASY stencil ...
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