| Plantation Guest Room: Wall Color and Stencil Prep |
| New homeowners turn a spare room into a welcoming retreat for their visiting moms. |
From "Fresh Coat"
episode DFCT-207 |
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Jana and Andrew Perry are proud parents and new homeowners. Their first home-improvement priority is to create an inviting guest room for a couple of favorite and frequent guests: their moms.
Paint budget: $165.The challenge for decorative painter and host Shannon Kaye is to turn a small space with dark furniture and dated accessories into a warm, inviting retreat. Jana and Andrew are replacing the old drapes with plantation shutters. Shannon's design plan uses the window treatment as inspiration for a softer look, adding soft green walls stenciled with a pattern inspired by a duvet cover on the guest bed. Because the room is small, Shannon saves space by painting a headboard directly on the wall; the headboard also adds architectural detail and color to the room. The existing furniture will be lightened and a découpage medallion will add textural interest to the armoire (figure A) (figure B).
Materials:Benjamin Moore Maidenhair Fern paint
box brush
painter's tape
flat brush
roller 1. The base color for the walls is Maidenhair Fern flat paint. Before painting begins, the floor is covered with a tarp and the baseboards and shutters are dusted with a box brush. The shutters are also taped off with painter's tape (figure C). 2. The woodwork is not taped off prior to painting. Shannon uses an angled brush, dipped in paint and wiped off on one side, to cut in along the woodwork. The brush is placed against the wall at the top of the woodwork and moved along the wood. The key to success with this technique is to look just ahead of the brush; this ensures a straight line and gives the paint a clean edge (figure D).
3. Next, two coats of paint are rolled over the walls. A roller is the best choice for painting large areas; it will also help hide any brush marks left from the cut-in brush. Also, when rolling paint, it's important not to have too many wet edges as you paint; the wet surface should be kept contained and filled in before moving on to the next area.4. While the walls dry, the wall stencil is prepared. Tracing paper has been used to trace a piece of the duvet-cover pattern. The tracing was then transferred to and cut out of poster board (figure E) (figure F).
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