You can use a sponging technique to stencil designs in your bathroom for a really creative and decorative look. Buy stencils at a craft store, or make your own by cutting shapes into paper or sheets of plastic. You can go with virtually any shapes or designs you can imagine, but some of the most popular stencils shapes are hearts, flowers, seashells, clovers, or animals. Keep in mind that you could have an array of shapes throughout the bathroom and on your cabinets – you don’t have to choose just one. If you want to have a tropical theme in your bathroom, you could have such shapes as fish, suns, sunglasses, and waves. Also, you can stencil the shapes all over the bathroom, or just around the border and on your cabinets, depending on your design preference.
This is a very simple craft that you could finish in an afternoon easily. Choose paints in the color or colors of your liking. Cut sponges into two-inch squares. You will use a new sponge square for each color and each stencil. Tape your stencils onto the walls and onto the cabinets where you want to paint on your shapes. Dip your sponge into the paint, and dab onto a scrap piece of paper a few times so that you will get the desired look. If you have too much paint on the sponge, you will not get a textured look with you stenciled designs. Lightly dab the paint-covered sponge over your stencil, and then remove the stencil from the surface gently, so as not to mess up the paint. If you are using the same stencil again, rinse it clean and dry it off before you use it again so that you don’t accidentally get any of the paint from the last stencil onto the wall where you don’t want it. That’s all it takes to sponge paint stencil designs in your bathroom… and of course, you can use the same idea in any rooms in your home.
Artificial vines and flowers can really work wonders in a boring bathroom. Take the stems off of artificial flowers and vines and glue them to the cabinets. You should also decorate the inside of the cabinets, once the outside is dry. Create a border around the mirror with vines, or take the stems of off flowers and make a floral and vine border. Attach the vines and flowers to the mirror with glue, or if you want to have the ability to diversify your décor at a moment’s notice, you can use Velcro to attach them. You can also decorate your toilet seat with artificial flowers. Buy a toilet seat cover in the color of your choice, and use a needle and thread to attach flowers (without stems) to the seat cover. You could also cut leaves off of artificial vines, and then use a needle and thread to sew them on as well, to fill in any gaps between flowers.
Buy one-inch squares of mirror at your local craft store. Use a waterproof glue to make a mosaic border of mini mirrors on your cabinets. Glue them together so that they are almost touching, but not quite. Once you have attached the mirror pieces and they have dried, use nail polish to paint some of the mirror squares. You could just randomly paint scattered pieces, or you could paint them to form a design. You can also use the mirror squares to decorate a border around your mirror, or even to make a border around the whole room.
Coat your cabinet with waterproof glue (except for the back that will be against the wall). Use pebbles to make random shapes and designs on the cabinet, or just line the shelves with pebbles – whatever your design preference. Next, cover the remaining space on your cabinet with sand. Keep in mind that you can buy sand in many colors at your local craft store, or you can dye sand yourself with some food coloring.
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