" Leslie Curtis again who's helped us with our interior treatments and Leslie this is the traditional stenciling job right."

" This stencil is from the Kingsbury house in Brookfield Vermont -- a historic documented pattern it's an accurate historically documented pattern. From the early nineteenth century now colonial sure or college policy -- they couldn't all afford to have Chinese wallpaper to their parlors right absolutely not and this is a wonderful way for people of modest means to have a decorative. Touch to their rooms and boy did a beautiful job they did a wonderful job and it looks wonderful today 200 use 150 years -- right."

" And of course you get stencils nowadays that reproduce these historic Paris -- also can make your own choice of colors and here we've used a French blue. And combine it with a no longer. Doolittle condom in rent a little bit red in there to make it a little bit -- here. And then over here in this corner we'll interrupt our artisan Ken force yes and can. Before we ask you about technique let me ask you about the stencils themselves I mean these are not oiled paper these are like a modern plastic -- Yes they are they're laser cut in mylar now what where you get these. -- these stencils to working with here can be ordered QMB historic decor. They're a mail order company out of Vermont if you look behind you undertake the to see the pattern working with today. All right David Kingsbury house okay. So that the upper portion above the chair rail is meant to be these vertical sections and below the cure they had individual. Trees actually back that's correct so what you're working on right now are. He'll remain until would have -- on the other page elemental some beautiful display of flowers."

" And we have also this fruit basket as well we place a little later."

" So. It's not as -- haphazard as one might think though you have to be very careful thought -- lining up plumbing and laying out exactly where you place these stencils. "

" That's correct we do -- millions. Yes I only got a piece of tape across the top of the mantel both for protecting him from -- and I know exactly where my verticals are gonna lie and I drop a plumb line. And run that down side of my stencil for for the perfect vertical effect okay."

" And then once you've created you're you're demarcation as a war you're ready to go to the next step which is to insert this flower basket that's correct. I -- to try my hand that. We can show Abd."

" Well before we locate this basket -- need to spritz the back with some spray glue to make adhesive. And you put."

" the back of the mylar not onto the wall."

" And do -- stick down near the floor here so that I don't get glue -- Even around let -- dry. And it turned into -- piece of tape effectively yeah."

" The -- are going to use the top of my. Lower stencil as an alignment tool and just clear it. Senator mark. That's close enough for this kind of technique. Close enough react this is a dry brush technique you pull a little bit of paint out of the pile. Swirl around in it. Dab off anything that might be on the edges."

" And then you are gonna tell us -- emotions swirling motion and anywhere petitioner."

" Any real -- copy it into the."

" I see what happens here."

" And tonight's life."

" Talking -- we have Leslie this is a great idea isn't like."