Decorating with Stencils

If your medicine cabinet needs help, it's Spring to the rescue with this GREAT idea!

I just got back from spending a week with Spring Meese, my baby sister, in her recently purchased home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Filled with architectural interest such as carved archways and surprising niches, the house has been owned by many people who all put their multitudes of sloppy coats of paint (even on the windows!), literally covered windows with walls, and left much to be desired in the way of true "quality" decorating.

But Spring saw a diamond in the rough and bought it for herself and her two energetic young sons.

While there, we tackled the main bath, giving it a coat of butternut squash colored paint, trimming out in white, changing out hardware on cupboards (Thanks to the handi-work of our Mom Fay, who also is our technical expert on this site) and hanging her specialty wrought iron accessories. But her most impressive make-over of this bath was the ugly, typical medicine cabinet with silver trim. (How many homes have you lived in that had one of THOSE???)

This cabinet had probably been there since the house was built in the late 60's and honey, it showed! The metal banding was loosing it's shine and was dented in places. The mirror had lost some of it's backing, showing spots of darkness in the corners. What a shoddy, dreadful site!

Spring, being the brilliant young interior decorator that she is, came up with a wonderful idea: She'd faux finish the metal banding and add wood ornaments (in the same finish) to the corners with "Alene's Tacky Glue (a super strong glue that's wonderful for combining two unlike surfaces in a bond that is ultra strong!).

The result was a fabulous new mirror that sports carved detail in the corners (purchased from Lowe's Home Store in the wood department) and is now a blessing rather than "sore spot" in the room.

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