I have been busy busy working on my house. There’s nothing like a family reunion to make you clean a couple of closets and freshen the decor.  I LOVE Studio Cloth and continue to find uses for this versatile fabric.  (1. It doesn’t fray. 2. It doesn’t require primer. 3. It can be sewn beautifully.) 

One of the projects that took only 4 hours were these cornice boards for my bathroom. I have 4 windows and they just looked rather plain against the white walls. Other walls are aquamarine, so I used that color as my base.

Gather the materials.  Scrap wood is a perfect for this project. In this case, I cut boards 10″ x 23″ and added a 1″ x 1/2″ x 10″ cleat on both sides. Padding them slightly, gives them a softer more professional feel. Cut the Studio Cloth with 2″ extras, all the way around.

Use a heavy-duty stapler and wrap the edges. Ease the corners and give them an extra staple or two. Trim away any excess material.

Now comes the REALLY fun part. I have a beautifully smooth base to paint on.

I used the wall paint for the base color.  I used Perfect Pigment Acrylic Fluid Paint to begin painting the design.  In this case stylized branches with leaves.

Finish and simply hang them on a nail. (One on each side of the window.)

Since I have four windows, I did them each a little differently. Two were painted left to right, and two went right to left.  In addition, the branches come from both the top and up from the bottom.  It really added interest.

To freshen the light fixtures, which are twenty years old. I’m just going to take them down, spray paint using metal paint, and rehang them. I’ll save hundreds of dollars and I know I’ll  love the new look.  Dave will love me saving the dollars.

I also did my bedroom cornice board.  It’s just over 12′ long and 10″ wide.  This one has a corner support board and keyhole hooks on the ends.  To reduce weight and to make it easier on myself, I bought a 10′ board and a 2′ board of pine.

Here is the closeup. it has large stylized leaves painted onto the base color. I sponged the base color so that there was a just a hint of texture.