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The Stencilled Home - Helen Morris
The Gustavian room
The Raj room |
The Arabian Nights bedroom
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Several years ago I discovered a wonderful set of photographs depicting a selection of
18th century Swedish interiors. When I first stepped into this room, I knew that I had
found the perfect canvas on which to paint them.
The Gustavian style refers to the style popularised by King Gustav III of Sweden during
the latter half of the 18th century.
Hints and tips for achieving some of the designs used in the Gustavian room are provided below.
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Click on the image above for more detail
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Step by step - Stencilling a wallpaper repeat
This pattern was used a great deal in the Gustavian room with a method that I call 'random
swirling'. It involves two or more colours (Baltic green and bronze yellow in this case) which
are swirled together. It is a fast and effective way of incorporating accent colours into your
decoration scheme and saves time differentiating between leaves and flowers or whatever your
chosen design happens to be.
Materials
- Stencil
- Yellow and green paints
- 2 large or medium stencil brushes
- Low tack tape or repositioning adhesive
- Kitchen paper
Method
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1. This stencil joins together to make a wallpaper effect, so make sure that your first one
is positioned correctly, as the pattern will grow from it.
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1. Position the stencil
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2. Check the registration
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2. After finishing your first pattern, fit the printed registration areas over the completed
work. They must fit exactly, because a minor error at this stage could become a major one
ten feet into the pattern. Crayons or paints are perfect for executing wallpaper repeats
such as this one. Spray paint is less suitable, because the registration patterns, vital to
repeating your stencil correctly, get obliterated.
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Don't forget, you can find many more ideas and stencilling tips in Helen's book.
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