Wall stencils

So I'm moving. Again. And this time I'll be doing some serious painting, including stencilling. So far I've made up my mind on the design for one room out of four and prepared the design for lasercutting it from plastic - to be precise, from laminating film laminated without any paper inserted.

Works perfectly well and is cheap. I'm working in white on yellow (I admit, the yellow turned out a bit very yellow, but hey, I wanted a cheery, bright bedroom!) on two walls and in yellow on white on the other two.

Three important points for stencilling:
- Keep your measuring tape and your spirit level at hand when working a border.
- Never hurry. Better take a break and have a cup of tea.
- Don't use too much colour on your paint roller, the time you want to save will be spent double and triple correcting the stains.

And just when you've grown familiar with the work process and know what mistakes to avoid, you're done!

The stencils in the living room will be spray-painted. I was very successful when I sprayed the golden stars on my last flat's toilet ceiling, and as long as you keep the stencil close to the wall (use cardboard or secure the plastig meticulously, and cover the area around your motif well) you don't risk getting spray paint anywhere you don't want it.