Sweet Stencils for Home Accessories

DIY designer Matthew Mead spruces up furniture and home accessories with simple stencils and a paint palette dripping with pretty pastels.

Pretty in Pink

It's easy to get your beauty sleep when your head is resting against this stenciled headboard. Matthew painted the entire headboard soft pink. When it was dry, he taped a cherry blossom stencil to the headboard with masking tape and filled in the pattern with ivory paint. To give the design dimension, he added shadowing and highlights.

Tip: Lightly dab a darker shade of your stencil color along one inside edge of the stencil. When dry, dab a lighter shade along the opposite inside edge.