Painted Trellis Wall
July 26, 2010
Hiya folks, hope you had a lovely weekend ! Today I’ll show you my step by step for the hand painted trellis pattern on our wall in our bedroom.
I wanted something elegant behind our headboard but also dramatic with a hint of shimmer. My original idea was to use wallpaper with a subtle metallic pattern, but when I saw Kristen’s wall featured on YHL a few weeks ago, I decided to this was a much easier (and cheaper) way to add the large scale design I wanted without the expense of wallpaper.
This 13’ x 9’ feature wall was not difficult, but it did take a lot of patience. I created my own stencil, sketched the pattern on the wall, and then filled in the lines with acrylic craft paint, all in about six hours.
Supplies: poster board; utility knife or sharp blade; silver colored pencil; level; painter’s tape; craft paint; artist’s Filbert paintbrush.
How To:
To create the stencil, I found the pattern to inspire me from the lattice pattern rug in my living room. I traced half of the basic pattern onto a piece of poster board, then cut it with a utility knife. I folded the poster board in half (vertically) to trace the other half of the pattern and to make sure the left side and ride side of the pattern were symmetrical, then I cut the other half of the pattern.
You can see the fold in the middle of the poster board in the picture below. I avoided cutting a small portion of the pattern to keep the inside border connected to the outside border.
I started in the upper right corner of the wall, secured the stencil with painter’s tape, then traced the first link of the pattern. I worked my way down the wall, using a level each time to keep the stencil straight.
I used a silver colored pencil to lightly trace the pattern on the wall ~ the metallic pencil blended better with the acrylic paint than a standard lead pencil.
I also marked the edge of the stencil as I worked my way down to keep it vertically straight.
Tracing the entire pattern took about 2 hours ~ once you get going you’d be surprised how quickly you can trace a repeating pattern like this.
I chose to use acrylic craft paint in ‘Metallic Taupe’ (available at Michaels) because it was a pretty champagne color, and cheaper than gloss paint! Although you could use the gloss version of your base paint for a subtle effect, or a pearlescent paint like this one. One bottle of $2 dollar craft paint covered the entire wall ~ my other tool was a high quality Filbert paintbrush.
Once the pattern was traced on the wall, I simply filled in the lines with paint. If you have an ‘oops’ moment ~ and I had plenty ~ just keep a damp rag close by to correct your little imperfections . . .
Total time to paint the entire pattern with two coats of the craft paint was about 3.5 to 4 hours.
Before:
After:
Need more pattern inspiration ?
Here’s just a few more repeating graphics that could be reproduced with a little paint and a lot of patience!!
Images: Graham & Brown; Thibaut; Massucco Warner Miller; Ballard Designs; York Wallcoverings
What’s the next project you’re planning with paint ?
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Tags: craft paint, painted, trellis wall
CG – I love your creativity. You did an amazing job. I was wondering if you could show me the whole stencil pattern or even emailing it to me. I would love to do this project in my room too. Thanks a lot!
LOVE THIS. I live in an apartment and my small wall would look great with this. Would you mind sharing the stencil?
It was fabulous also like the other reader can you email a way to see the whole stencil pattern… awesome work
Oh! Love the easy peasy stencil making. I’ve been drooling over the one at the Benjamin Moore site.
{Complicated but-totally-worth-it instructions: Click on Inspiration, Envision 2010, Slip (the pink) then View Rooms}
I picked up some sample paint over the weekend and am just about ready to break it to the DH that he needs to move furniture.
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This wall turned out so beautiful. And you made it sound so easy. I am totally inspired to try this in my bedroom. I love that pattern.
You are amazing.
I Love it!!! Please share the stencil with me also. I would love to do this somewhere in my salon.
What a beautiful master bedroom! I love the wall and would be thrilled if you would be able to share the stencil pattern you used!
I keep looking back at this thinking how fabulous it is. I’d love to do thick vertical stripes with this metallic finish, but that would be a lot of craft paint!
This is lovely. Would you mind if I asked you to share the pattern with me? I really like it, and would love to try it out.
Wow! That looks amazing!
I too love the stencil and have been looking for a design like this.
Will you be sharing it??
Thanks so much!
Hello,
I LOVE what you’ve done! I had bought a stencil a while back which I like but I love this. Have you been sharing your stencil? If so, I’d love to try it out too!
Thank you,
Sylvia up in Canada :)
This is so beautiful! I am so inspired and would LOVE to try it out myself – would you share your stencil with me? I’d be thrilled! Thanks!
I don’t know if you would be willing to share the stencil, but I would LOVE it! I plan to do this in my bedroom too! Thanks so much!
P.S. I’ll send you a pic when completed!
HI Alyssa and others ~ I have yet to recreate the stencil because I need to scan it, and it’s too large to scan at home. Take a peek at this company’s ‘Moorish’ and ‘Ribbon’ stencils which are very similar.
http://www.royaldesignstudio.com/
Kate
LOVE, LOVE this! :) I want to paint my walls now. :)
I love your pattern!!!! I have been wanting to do a semi-gloss vs flat pattern in a room and it might just have something to do with this post…and it might just be in the bathroom we are currently remodeling…and my husband just might KILL me for changing the paint AGAIN for the 4th time now LOL
oh dear, but it will be SO worth it in the end right? ;)
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I am loving this! After living in my house for almost 6 years the only room that has yet to be painted is my master bedroom. It’s huge, we have dark wood, and the blankets and curtains are red and gold… Thanks for the inspiration to do this! I hope to get this done this year for sure! It’s officially on my 2011 list of things to do! :)
I have been checking out your site and this is one of my favorite posts of all. It has totally inspired me to use patterns on my own walls – I can’t decide between paint and wallpaper – you’ve given me a lot to think about!
I love your website! My 17 y/o daughter has been trying to make a decision on the color of her room. I showed her this pic of the stenciled wall and she said, “I want to do that!”. Could you please share the paint colors (including the stencil paint) on the walls? Thank you sooo much!
I’ve wanted to do this for awhile in our master, but I don’t think I have the patience (or the skill!). I saw a post by A Little Lovely where she used a stencil you can roll with, and have been contemplating that….(http://blueribbonstudio.blogspot.com/2011/01/where-do-you-find-time.html)
Hey,
Your room looks amazing. I was wondering if you could tell me what base color you used for the walls. Is the opulence pearl similar to what you used for the trellis details?
Thanks a lot!
I, too, would love to know the base color. Thanks so much for such an inspiration idea!
Oh my heck….I am in love with your site. I love love love your room. Can you let me know what color the base coat is???? Such an awesome idea. Also, if you don’t mind can I get a copy of the stencil too….you are amazing. I wish I could be so creative.
Thanks.
Beautiful and amazing. I love your blog and am now a follower. I also wanted to let you know that I featured you and your work on this post in a post of mine a few days ago. Thanks for all of the inspiration!
I had inquired about the paint color, but I just found it here: The color is Nantucket Gray by Benjamin Moore.
http://www.centsationalgirl.com/2010/09/the-paint-on-my-walls/
Thanks again for the inspiration!
if you’re using a large wall stencil, do you think I could use the folk art paint and a foam roller??
hello, i am ordering the stencil but what color/brand paint did you use. my foyer is made up of greys and i wanted to use a soft metalic. thanks! cant wait
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