Paint Stenciling Border Ideas

Flowers

• Flowers are classic and colorful and brighten or add a romantic touch to rooms. Create a cheerful garden in a little girl's room by painting tulips and daisies with bright green stems, adding some butterflies and a picket fence around the flowers. Use large stencils that stretch from the base to the middle of the wall to paint allium gladiator flowers around the room. Alternate black and gold zinnias on dining room walls to create an atmosphere of sophistication.

Polka Dots

• Polka dots bring a classic look to walls, but they are also versatile, allowing you to create a look that suits your taste. Paint various sizes of polka dots in green and light brown on the border of a baby's room, creating a design that will grow with him. Find a stencil border with a swirling polka dot pattern, and use navy blue paint to bring a timeless, calming look to living room or bedroom walls. Apply a border stencil with large aqua blue and lime green polka dots to bathroom walls to brighten up the room, and add blue and green accents like bath mats and a shower curtain to complement it.

Quotations

• Add some words to live by on the wall by painting a stencil border with a quotation. Paint words that have special meaning to your family in any room, or "Live Simply, Laugh Often, Love Deeply" in a fancy font around the living room. Spice up the kitchen decor with the words "Bon Appetit" or "Kiss the Cook." Encourage your child to enjoy every day by adding the inspirational quotes, "Dance, Laugh, Sing" or "Dream, Believe, Discover" to her bedroom walls.

Food

• Create a border for the kitchen or dining room that will stimulate the senses by using food stencils. Add a vine scroll with lush purple grapes around the dining room. Place apple stencils around kitchen walls, making the apples a deep red and adding green leaves for another touch of color. Paint a row of cherries with stems to add a fun touch to a breakfast nook. Alternate carrots, radishes and peas around a kitchen to show your love of cooking or gardening.