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Who doesn’t love a great IKEA Vittsjo stencil hack?? There is just something about this iconic furniture series that features glass shelving supported by simple square steel that makes it extremely hack-able, and adaptable to many different decorating needs. Read ...

How often do you set a drink or messy snack like ice cream with chocolate sauce on the sofa, hoping it won’t tip over? Or set it on the floor where a child, a pet — or even you! — ...

My wonderful mother passed away 14 years ago. She was passionate about her rose garden, her backyard pond and nature in general. Many of the ferns and hostas in our yard were lovingly brought here from her home just before ...

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, ...

This cabinet has been painted twice and I can’t believe I was not happy with it both times. Has that ever happened to you? Finally, I painted it out in Old White Chalk Paint® by Annie Sloan and just let it ...

Furniture painting can be a super fun and rewarding project, as well as a great opportunity to incorporate a variety of stencils from Royal Design Studio. Here in our studio, we love transforming inexpensive thrift store recessed furniture finds into little showpieces for ...

Globally inspired tribal elements are a huge design trend this year. No matter where you look, clothes, accessories, home furnishings or home décor – you are sure to find these patterns in one form or another. One of these haute ...

Debbie Hayes from the Unfolded Blog shares how to create a colorful game table with Chalk Paint and stencils. Debbie used a thrift store find-a traditional game table and custom Chalk Paint ® colors combined with Royal Design Studio stencils for a fun furniture painting project.You ...

In this Furniture Stencil How-to, Michele and Ken Hiley of Stiltskin Studios share one of their favorite tricks for adding a surprise to their painted furniture tabletops: Stenciling the table leaves that are generally inserted when entertaining with a beautiful complimentary pattern ...

1.  Allow yourself plenty of time. Furniture stenciling can be very labor intensive because there are so many steps and layers involved. Also, since it is a three-dimensional object you will oftentimes have to paint details in and around awkward and ...