I am so incredibly excited to share my DIY in which I used a Stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils company to provide my drab 90's fireplace with a beautiful face-lift, without breaking the bank.
We moved to to our new house a little over a year ago, and have been slowly plugging away in making it feel more like our 'own'. As many of you know, even little things like painting the walls cost time and money, so it has been a longer process than I had hoped, though I am enjoying every bit of it! There is something to be said about living in a place with your own personal touch, it feels just a little more like home with every effort or memory en-capsuled within your space.
If you are anything like me and love the idea of a bargain, stenciling is the way to go for your fireplace surround! I have to admit I was a little apprehensive at the idea of using stencils on tile, and thought maybe it wouldn't work. I was Majorly relieved that not only did it work, it looks amazing!
So how did I do it...
Here's how:
- First thing you have to do is wash your surfaces you wish to paint.
- Apply painter tape once dry to the areas that you want to avoid getting paint on, for be this was the metal surround.
- Begin paint the grout and edges with your desired base color, for me I used white chalk paint from folk art
- To obtain a smooth finish on the tile, use a small paint roller to apply the white to the rest of the tile. I used the paint roller from Cutting Edge Stencils.
-Apply two coats of the base coat and let dry.
Start Stenciling!!!
- Pick your color you would like to stencil with, for my project I wanted a plain crisp look, using Parisian grey from folk art
-Place stencil on the painted white tile, hold in place with painters tape...you can use a spray adhesive, but I decided not to use this.
- Cutting Edge Stencils has an awesome selection of beautiful stencils that will transform any space or piece of furniture. It was a difficult decision, but I narrowed it down to the Santa Ana tile stencil. Before ordering your stencil make sure you measure your tile size.
- I used a 6x6 which is the smallest size for this specific stencil. I attempted to use the whole stencil but was unable to avoid making a ton of mistakes with the paint bleeding through. The metal lip on my fireplace stuck out and each tile is cut smaller than a 6x6. I cut my stencil to make it fit my style I wanted.
- Paint every other tile to avoid smudging the wet paint
- You can use a paint brush or a sponge brush, just remember less it more when it comes to paint (to avoid bleeding behind the stencil)
Tip: if using a paint brush, make sure to paint away from the stencil edge, so you don't push the paint behind the stencil
- After you have completed the desired design, let dry for 8 hours
- For the sealing coat I used Chalked Protective Coat by Rust-Oleum
- I applied two coats with 2 hour dry times in between.
After I completed painting the tile, I finished off the mantle with white trip paint, then proceeded to paint the walls Sidewalk Grey from Beauty Tone.
One day I would love to replace the floor with engineered hard wood, but in due time!
Please refer to the video below:
Well there you have it! As you can see in the video it took me a few days, as I have kiddos attempting to help me here and there, so my time for this project was split up quite a bit! But in the end I was extremely happy with my final product, better yet my check book! I was relieved to have avoided re-tiling or replacing the fireplace mantle. What a little paint and stencil can do eh? This project saved me from a much bigger mess and more time spent, which would have also cost me more money. Phew! dodged that one!
I hope that this project of mine has helped you with your own! If you have any questions in regards to this project feel free to comment or contact me.
Thanks for hanging out with me, and spending some of your precious time reading my blog post!
Special thank to Cutting Edge Stencils, who provided me with my stencil and paint roller.
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