How To Transform A Glass Door With A Stencil!

How To Transform A Glass Door With A Stencil!

You may have seen my post all about amazing floors recently and I told you that I wanted to try my hand at using a stencil. Well, I bit the bullet. I did it! Woot woot! I made sure I watched some videos to know exactly what I was doing. No faffing about. It’s all go round here!

I discovered a fabulous Etsy store called StenCilit. The big stencils are fabulous! I chose two: a mandala and the repeating pattern that I used in this project. BTW you can get cashback from Topcashback when you shop on Etsy – it’s 2.1% on your purchase. To find out more about Topcashback you can read here.

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You will need:

Chalk Marker (Not shown)
Stencil
Pink Toolbox (Not really necessary but it’s awesome right?! Best birthday gift ever)
Masking tape or temporary spray adhesive
measuring tape
flocked foam roller
Window/Glass paint or for a temporary job – Chalk Paint (I used chalk)
a small paint tray
a roller
scraping tool (for removing chalk paint)

Choosing between Masking Tape and Spray Adhesive?

The decision to use masking tape in this project, instead of temporary craft adhesive was because my spray adhesive is buried in a room that is packed to the BRIM with full boxes and furniture. I couldn’t bring myself to buy another tin when I knew I had 2 full tins upstairs. Is that crazy?

Either way, the masking tape worked a treat but when stencilling again, I will use spray adhesive.

Even if you use adhesive you will need masking tape for creating a border, unless your stencil pattern is going to cover to the edges.

A little bit of info before we begin

The steps are pretty straight forward. Unbox your stencil as soon as it arrives, because it is not meant to be rolled up for long. I hang mine up using a skirt hanger, or keep it flat.

The stencils from StenCilit are made of insanely durable plastic, so I don’t have to worry that it will be damaged while I’m ripping bits of masking tape off. Although I am careful not to damage the swirly bits.

The stencil you buy will depend on where the repeat pattern is. The StenCilit stencils are great because the little repeat sections are in different colours in the little instructions.

Photo of Back Door

I am in a brand new house and my back yard/deck needs some attention. It’s a blank canvas at the moment and this is the first step in beautifying!

How To:

1. Clean the window. You will be angry if you’ve almost finished and realised there’s a weird streak down one side. Maybe it happened in this project, maybe it didn’t.

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2. Pour paint in the tray and assemble your little roller. Get paint on the roller but not too much. Seriously. TINY AMOUNTS. Otherwise, it all gathers at the ages.

It’s best to layer the paint.

After you pick up the paint, gather some old newspapers or a canvas and use the roller on it first. That makes sure the paint layer is even.

3. Start to paint. Start painting on the edges of the stencil, working to the centre, rather than from the centre outwards. This helps prevent paint gathering or getting under the edges.

4. When you’re happy with your paint job, remove the stencil and prepare to repeat.

5. Rinse and repeat!

The edges left to do

6. Once your paint job is dry, you might have to create a border. I didn’t trim my stencils immediately so there was a 3cm border required. Measure the border and mark with a chalk marker. Use masking tape to create a border and use a little scraping tool to remove the chalk paint.

7. Scrape away and remove the masking tape when finished.

8. Ta Daaaaaaaaah!

I have some plant pots to put in there. If you can think of how to decorate that pipe in the corner, please tell me!

Clean Up

After your stencilling project, your paint palette, stencils and brushes can all be cleaned with soap and warm water, ready to be used again!

For more videos to help you stencil a wall or use a stencil on bends and corners, check out the StenCilit blog.

Where was the last thing you stencilled?

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Comments

Tania
October 28, 2016 at 2:23 pm
That looks great!! I have a back laundry room door with a single glass pane that I’ve been thinking of stenciling, I’m definitely going to try it now that I’ve seen yours! It’ll have to wait a little while though… I stenciled my back patio about a month ago and I still don’t feel like touching another stencil for awhile!!
Tania
Grandmas House DIY
October 28, 2016 at 6:08 pm
Really beautiful! We would love to have you at our To Grandma’s House we go wednesday link party!