stenciling on angled walls.

[Deelite]

Hi-
I have an attic room where I was thinking about doing an allover stencil (I know, kill me now) and the ceiling kind of rolls into the walls, which are angled. I wasn't sure how I should orient the stencil so that one side doesn't end up upside down. I don't think there is any where to "end" it on the ceiling. CHeck out the pic...

The theme of the room is supposed to be an artist loft. I am thinking about doing something kinda french, so if you all have any ideas for a cool faux, please let me know.

[Elena]

I see what you mean, toile fabric themes are mostly figures, but you can find some with just flowers in all directions, I imagine a soft toile ispired stencil could be soothing and very harmonious with that space
check this site for inspirations
http://discount-wallcovering.com/toile%20wallpaper.htm

-keep in mind your local chiropractor lol -

[Deelite]

thanks for the link Elena, and I have made an appointment with the back breaker!

[Chriss]

Why don't you paint the ceiling or stencil it a coordinating pattern to your allover design. The pattern on the walls just needs a defining edge. It doesn't have to be a perfectly horizontal line. I'm having trouble explaining what I see in my mind. Let's try another tack.
My bedroom wall has a wall that rolls up into the ceiling, plus the angle is really crooked -old house 1798. I chose to highlight the change from wall to ceiling by doing a regularly irregular pattern -for example a wave, or an irregular scallop-something with a lot of pattern that accents the break from wall to ceiling. I have two different colors, one for the walls and one for the ceiling. Then I just stenciled the allover patter, placing the top of the stencil at the right angle wall meeting ceiling, and just let the pattern fall where it will on the wall that rolls into the ceiling.
You see the stencil, and the color, but the irregular change between the ceiling and walls becomes part of the pattern.
Sorry if this has really confused you more. Posting a pic of the wall wouldn't help, because the glaze and stencil are very light.
Rats, you'd think I was brought up thinking in english, and speaking in latin!!
If you are going to cover every surface in the room with the same stencil, you should take the stencil up all walls to the ceiling and then do the ceiling whatever way it looks best when you enter the room.

[Holly Whiting]

You are out of your mind.
But, hey, good luck!

[Deelite]

Yes, Holly, thanks for pointing that out I will figure something out. I may do panels of pattern, that way I don't have to do the whole wall. Kinda like Picture panels.
And thanks Chriss for your suggestion, I do understand!

[Chriss]

Just reading this makes me laugh. That makes me feel good. Thanks for lifting my spirits!!!
Holly-what mind? Mine left long ago.
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most!"

[stencilist]

Hi Dee,

Here is a couple pics of my guestroom, which is similar with dormer windows. I used random vines to soften the angles along with a few focal point motifs and fireplace mural. Placement of random vines may also help you "lift" the ceiling. It looks like there is a niche that would be a nice focal point in your room.

I look forward to seeing what you do with it.

Sheri

[lisascenic]

I'm not certain that an artist's loft would have stenciled walls. But I'm also not clear if you meant an artists' living or working space.

Of course, there's the reality of what an artist's space might be, and then there's the fantasy. One is a lot "froofier" than the other.

Dang. I had better shut my mouth before I insult anyone, and get into trouble.

[Deelite]

No offense.

SHeri, your fireplace is dynamite!

The niche actually is the two chimneys coming together. There is a small window inside of it, very small, and off center. Talk about akward!

I envision the space very bohemian, with mismatched elements, but I have to make it appealing to the "hoidy-toidy's" that come through the show house.

I had the idea of morphing the space from a studio to a mural of the scene that the artist is painting. Like plein-aire... The walls could look like drapes being pulled back or wallpaper being pulled back onto the scene. I imagined a beach scene with a few kids on the beach, maybe something reminiscent of a french beach scene....Idunno.

Thoughts? Think its too much for people to "get"??

[stencilist]

Thanks.

If you're thinking bohemian, check out Helen Morris' work at the Stencil Library. She's amazing, and her inspirational work may help you bring this together. http://www.stencil-library.com/
Her US distributor is in PA.

[lynne]

when doing showcase houses i like to set a place and time and have a whole story laid out before starting the design.

that dormer room reminds me of the nanny quarters i stayed in while doing a job at the hotel normandy (in france). they had done the walls and ceilings all with toile, and the bedspread, curtains, etc. all matched. it was like being inside an old hat box and it was utterly charming.

i might envision that room as being an aged reclaimed version of that. stencil a toile (or other) pattern all over the room, then trompe l'oeil the age into it, with tears and worn areas.
got an awkward transition? add some trompe l'oeil water damage.

in fact you could show off several patterns, with layers of old paper coming up underneath. like what it might have looked like in 1860 when an aspiring artist rented this forgotten room and paid his rent in artwork.

[Deelite]

I had thought about that. I love the pictures and ideas, Lynne. I may find a cool couch or something like a chaise with a pattern and base the designs off of that.
I may have a bold pattern hidden underneath "paint" that has chipped away. And there is PLENTY of water damage to observe and work from.
ANy comments on my "transitional" space? Am I over my head (or theirs?)