Elaborate stencils are one option for cabinet decor.
When decorating, don't overlook the cabinet as just a utilitarian storage unit in the bathroom. Painting a bathroom cabinet can work wonders in helping to transform the room. But you don't have to be satisfied with just running a paintbrush over the cabinet and shading it a solid color. Instead, explore paint design options that are much more creative.
Stencils
If your bathroom has a particular theme, motif or style, stencils could help enhance that theme or motif. For example, stencils such as seashells, sailboats or crabs would look charming in a beach themed bath, and stenciled flower designs would be suitable for a bathroom with a floral motif. Similarly, geometric sunbursts stenciled onto a cabinet in an art deco bathroom could help to more clearly convey that theme; laurel wreaths stenciled onto the cabinet in a country cottage bathroom would help accentuate that style.
Sponge Painting
Sponge paint incorporates two colors of layered paint to create texture as well as depth. Sponge painting your kitchen cabinet is a way to represent and combine two of the colors in your color scheme, an effect that will help to visually pull the entire bathroom together. Sponging is a simple technique that doesn't require prior experience or formal instruction. Dip your paint in one color and pat the sponge across the surface area of the cabinet. Allow it to dry and repeat with another color, overlapping on the paint previously applied. When dry, the effect gives a more intense color.
Shabby Chic
A crackled paint finish is perfect for a shabby chic bathroom, especially since so much of the bathroom is tile or porcelain, but very few items aside from the bathroom cabinet can tolerate a crackled paint finish. Creating a crackled paint appearance gives the cabinet a distressed look, making the cabinet appear more vintage and weathered than it actually is. With some paint brands, the paint will crackle as it dries. With other brands, you must apply a top coat that will cause the bottom coat to crackle. A crackle-finished cabinet will help boost the shabby chic theme of the room.
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