Hi everyone… I love using stencils as I think it is such a fun way to update your furniture. You may remember the little table makeover I did last year. Soooo… when I read about raised stencils I actually was so intrigued I could not wait to try it out myself. I love the idea of adding depth and texture to the furniture with dimensional stenciling.

I decided to test this out on a piece I was submitting for a Fab Furniture Flippin’ Contest in January. {maybe not such a bright idea to do something for the first time on a piece which is going for a contest but how else will I learn?}

I loved the piece of furniture but I thought it was missing something, so I decided to add a little texture and depth to the doors.

I decided to use this damask stencil on the doors.

After careful research, where I found people used plaster and vinyl spackle for this, I decided to use the equivalent of spackle {correct me if I am wrong} in the UK – polyfilla, paste used for filling up cracks and holes. Well actually I ended up using wood filler that I already had at home, well it is almost the same…

So I started by taping the stencil on the door with some frog tape and using an old card ( I found an old credit card worked better than most tools I tried) applied the wood filler over the stencil.

When the stencil design was fully covered with the filler, I lifted the stencil straight up whilst it was still wet and repeated the step on the other door. .

If you can see any imperfections, you can tidy it up whilst it is still wet.

Once you are happy, let the filler dry.

I left it for 24 hours to dry completely. When the filler has dried, sand slightly over and then paint!

I painted it using some home made chalk paint and used clear wax, to bring out the details I used some dark wax.

I am absolutely thrilled with the results..

Voila!!! What do you think?

You can see the post on how I created the cabinet makeover and full post on the Fab Furniture Flippin’ piece here.

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