White on White Stenciled Front Door

 My new house started out with an ugly brown masonite door with graining in it that made it look just like "real" fake wood.  I could not stand it----the only thing I liked about it was the price!  Determined to change the look of the door, I did some layered paint on the exterior which I will post later.

The interior side just got a quick coat of white paint to make do.  After looking at the plain white door for a few months, inspiration struck when I saw this blog post from Ashley at Domestic Imperfection about a big stencil project on a dining table.
     

 I just used a stencil I had on hand to try out my creative experiment.  My idea was to add a twist to Ashley's idea by using a one color combination of flat and semi-gloss paint for my stencil project.  I applied a coat of flat white to the door as the base color.  I followed up with semi-gloss white rolled onto a damask stencil as the top coat.

 It was a bit challenging to paint white on white but a camp lantern gave me just the right amount of light on the subject!

I love the subtle pattern shown in daylight.  The pattern takes on a different look at night and looks like lace with the light on from the living room lamps.

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