Use Grape Stencils to Create Beautiful Walls
Tuscan-style decor has taken the interior design world by storm and has inspired decorators with ideas that go equally well in other decorative schemes that cultivate old world charm. Stenciled wall decorations, using reusable stencils, are an important finishing touch for the Tuscan look, with grape and grapevine motifs amongst the most popular. What better design could there be for the kitchen, or the patio or dining room where you relax with a glass of wine?
Locations for Stenciling
The grapevine motif is ideal for borders that run all around a room and can add a unique finishing touch to your room. Depending on the room, you could use a grapevine motif high up, at picture rail or cornice level. They can also be applied above a skirting board or halfway up a wall, like a dado rail.
You could also consider stenciling your grape motif around features of a room, either because they are too plain or need jazzing up or as a way of directing attention to attractive features. If you have a wine rack, you could highlight it with a grape or vine surround.
Doors and windows are obvious choices for stenciling around. A grapevine trailing above a window hints at the outdoors beyond. In traditional Tuscan homes, homeowners often used the space above the door frame for an appealing motif, such as a bowl of fruit, as we would think of hanging a picture.
Choosing Your Grape or Vine Stencil
The number of stencils available might make your choice difficult but you can narrow it down by considering the effect you want to achieve. Grapevines with bunches of fat grapes are busier and visually stronger. A simple meandering vine can be subtler and simpler designs are sometimes a better choice for borders.
You can of course have the best of both worlds. You could have a grapevine border around your room and a bowl of grapes stenciled as a stand-alone image above a door or window. Scale is something to bear in mind because – along with color and foreground to background contrast – bigger usually means bolder.
Color Choices
As long as you stick to the muted colors that characterize the Tuscan palette, you can break the rules and move away from simply copying nature. Instead of natural green, you could achieve an appealing effect with a grapevine border in dusky blue or earthy brown.
You will need to look carefully at the color of the wall you’ll be stenciling upon, because the Tuscan look can be spoiled if you end up with a high contrast effect. The Tuscan look is rather one that looks as if your stenciled design has been there forever. If in doubt about complementary colors and shades, try using a color wheel. Most muted, smoky and earthy hues go together and together contribute to that old world feel.
The Tuscan look is comfortably old and aged and you can use paint to enhance this look. You can use more than one shade of stencil color to create a worn look and you can also explore faux painting antique and distressed effects to amplify the effect.
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