It’s no secret that my love for roses is slightly unhealthy. But come on…my last name use to be Wilson.
The only thing related to Wilson? Dennis the Mennis or the volleyball from Cast Away. Bleck. I enjoy the fact that my new last name just happens to be the same as my favorite flower.
When I saw this Rockin’ Roses Damask Stencil from Royal Design Studio I knew that it MUST be mine. My friend Tonya actually hinted around to me that I may need this. Let’s all point the finger at her for encouraging my disfunctional obsession, shall we?
Bad Tonya, bad Tonya.
I don’t typically approach companies and ask if I can review their products. Nope. In fact, it’s always the other way around. But I had my heart set on stenciling something in my home with roses. Thankfully Royal Design Studios let me review the Rockin’ Roses Damask Stencil!
They have some amazing stencils!
My Master Bathroom was painted orange before this all began. Yes, orange. I did not stutter.
Ever since I have painted the entire basement grey I have been on a grey kick. And yes that meant that I wanted to turn the master bathroom from orange to grey. Too bad there is no magic wand to make my wish come true.
Here’s a little before and after of the orange and the grey with the rose stencil over our jacuzzi tub.
Oh, and my mirror wall. Just another thing I have been dreaming of lately. Mirrors everywhere. Ha!
Do you see a trend here? I like roses. Everything must be decorated in roses. I like chevron. I buy a million things in chevron. I want to decorate with mirrors. I buy a gazillion mirrors. I like grey paint. Let’s repaint the whole house grey.
Is there a name for this kind of behavior? Bahaha!
Royal Design Studio offers amazing tutorials on how to use their stencils. Trust me, they will ease your fears of stenciling in 2.5 seconds. And if they don’t, then check out the stencil tutorial that Tonya and I did when we stenciled my closet.
All you need:
Paint, Spray Adhesive, Tape, a Pencil, and a Stencil.
I got so confident in my painting ability after using this stencil that I decided to paint the curtains. I’ll save that for another post, but who knew you could paint curtains?!
So, what do you think? It’s so me, huh?!
The grey paint color I used: Creek Bend by Behr from Home Depot.
I plan to give you the full master bathroom makeover soon! For now, the rose stenciled wall will have to hold you over!
Have you ever stenciled something?
Better yet, have you ever stenciled something besides a wall? I am planning to use this stencil on a few more projects that don’t involve walls!
Be sure to come back next Friday, February 1st for your chance to WIN a Royal Design Studio Stencil!!
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This looks SO nice! I love the roses and the colors you picked. I just finally finished a stencil in our upstairs hallway a few weeks ago.
http://www.aninvitinghome.com/2013/01/my-take-on-being-green-birch-tree.html
I am stenciled out right now but can totally appreciate seeing the hard work of someone else!
I just checked it out! It looks amazing!!! That is a huge wall so I know the hard work you put in to that! Impressive!
ummmmm you are amazing! Have I ever told you this? haha I loooooove it! Great Job girly.. pinning
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Not as amazing as you my friend, but a close second?! Haha! Thank you girl! XOXO
Love!! I am just amazed by it… !!
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Looks great! I’m too scared to stencil anything – like how do you keep it from smearing when you move the stencil around and tape it back up? Surely you don’t wait for it to dry before doing the next section.
I’m probably just overthinking it but yours looks fantastic!
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Wowza Mandy! You rocked THOSE roses girl!! Thank you so much for creating such a fabulous stencil project with Rockin Roses for us to enjoy and share. That is one super chic bathroom. Hope you enjoy a nice bubble bath in that tub!! Great job.
Thanks so much for the opportunity! I ADORE your stencils (especially the Rockin’ Roses)!
Oh my gosh- amazing!!! Dare we ask how long that project took you? I painted stripes in the master bedroom of our condo five years ago and my husband still looks back on it as a traumatic experience – and he didn’t even do the work! It probably had something to do with the fact that we had to sleep on the couch for a week while I finished the project (eep!) I’d love to give a stencil a try in our new house!
Amazing job!!!
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Haha! Thanks girl! It actually only took me 4 hours. The wall isn’t that big and the stencil was a good size! Stripes would have taken me a week too! I had to hire out the stripe painting. LOL!
Ahhh-mazing. Seriously, can you just come to NY and decorate my new house?
oh my gosh Mandy! this kind of project makes me so jealous because it’s just SO BEAUTIFUL! haven’t tried stenciling but I am totally considering it one of these days…
2 questions:
1)did you changed the paint of your wall before stenciling?
2)so in your tutorial you don’t wait for it to dry you just keep on going and going, so if the paint smears – what do you use to wipe it off?
makes me nervous to stencil…
huggies?
rea
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Thank you! Stenciling is not that bad…it’s just time consuming and I am not that patient! LOL!
1. Yes, I painted the wall white and went over it with the creek bend for the stencil
2. I did not wait for it to dry…you just have to be careful. Check out the tutorials I linked to. It may help ya!
It looks great! I don’t think I’d have the patience to stencil a whole wall! We’ve been contemplating painting our formal dining room gray and I think you’ve just sold me on it!
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Beautimus! I love it! Your mirror really give it lots of glam too! I stenciled our hallway last year…it took me forever but I love the result!
http://drabtofabdesign.com/2012/03/stenciled-hallway-reveal/
Thanks so much Whitney! I just checked out your hallway stencil and it looks awesome! Love that gold!
This is gorgeous! I just made-over my master bath in grey, so I love the color already, but the stenciling is so classy.
I LOVE this! I’m really into grey now too, and have been wanting to paint our bathroom grey. I’m thinking I want to stencil in there, too, now. Thanks for the inspiration…beautiful!
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I’m here from It’s Overflowing – I saw your office she had linked up! I’m so glad I found your blog and I absolutely LOVE how this stenciled wall turned out and I think I need to go buy like a million mirrors like yesterday!
Thanks Ashley!!!
That looks so awesome!! You should have your dad trim it out like the fireplace! Beautiful!
WOW!! I love this!!! Looks awesome!!
Absolutely love this stencil! Thank-you for the inspiration!
Mandy..love your stencil! But…I love the mirror on your rose colored wall, can you tell me where you got it? It would work great in our bathroom!
Thank you!
Your bathroom looks beautiful! I absolutely love it. Stenciling has always been an intimidating thought to me, but your tutorial gives me hope! Maybe I’ll try it somewhere in my house
I have a question about your curtains, did you make those or did you buy them somewhere? I’ve been thinking about painting curtains similar for my living room and would love to know where you got yours! Thanks!
Thanks Hannah! I painted the curtains…future post coming soon!
Wow awesome! Very impressive.
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I like that new wall! cool idea!
I was looking for a stencil tonight online before I came over to your blog. So glad I came here before searching too hard. I really want to stencil a wall in my closet, so obviously not too big of a job. I think your bathroom may have convinced me to go for it. I like the Moroccan stencils. Thank you for the inspiration.
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Gorgeous! I watched your video w/ Tonya and have a question. Do you use the spray adhesive just once in the beginning?
You actually spray it every few times that you stick it to the wall. You can kind of tell when it’s not sticking anymore.
Sorry if that was unclear.
LOL! Wilson totally reminds me Dennis the Menace. That movie is my fave… Will be forever, I think.
Anyway – looks amazing Mandy! As always! When I move out and get a house of my own…….. You’re coming over. For at least a month. And you’re decorating. Got it?
xoxo!
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Oh, I will TOTALLY take the blame for this…..because it looks AMAZING!!! I love, love, LOVE that stencil & the wall full of mirrors is just fantastic!! Great job my friend! Can’t wait to see more of your bathroom!
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How beautiful! I love that wall!!! And really all of the perfect details you incorporated into your space! Wonderful!
Jaime
I may have to pick your brain about stenciling because I’m SO nervous to try it!! I have heard it’s a pain in the youknowwhere. But seriously, I love that stencil, it’s definitely “you”!!
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Love! I have never seen this type of design stencil before. It looks great! I very much love the gray you used. The overall look is elegant. Great job!
Julie
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Love the look! Roses are probably my least favorite flower, but I have to say, I do love that stencil! The gray and white color scheme is awesome too.
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ooh i love that stencil! the color is awesome, too- fabulous!
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What a beautiful job you’ve done with your wall! It almost looks like wallpaper you did it so nicely. Love the curtains and the wall decor too. Found your link up next to mine at One Project Closer’s party. Megan
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Mandy! This looks unbelievable! The before and after is crazy, it honestly changes the whole look of the bathroom, even the tile and tub feel different. Love love love it a million times.
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Hi,
I’m fairly new to the blogging world, looks like I have a lot to learn. Looooove everything on your project gallery : ) Any chance your done with your rosé stencil ? I would be happy to pay? I could use it on a lot of our reNEWed furnishings. Thanks, Cindy
http://www.kenzielynndesigns.com/p/furniture.html
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Thanks so much! I’m actually going to probably use it for quite a few more projects (it’s THAT fabulous). Sorry!!
Bathroom rugs what color? Love the grey bathroom just curious about your rugs what color you went with?
They are a deep gray…I will be posting pictures of the entire bathroom soon so stay tuned!
Just in case you want to update your rug later I found this rose shaped rug at http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?catId=HOME-BATH&id=993087
Where did you get the round white mirror? I love it!
Hobby Lobby!