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Downton Abbey Style Decorative Painting

By Dana Tucker 2 Comments

All of my friends have gone crazy for Downton Abbey, including myself. What’s not to love? From the beautiful gowns, to the formal dinners, and the gorgeous Edwardian design.

Downton Abbey Drawing room
Downton Abbey Drawing room

I thought it would be fun to single out some of the interior design elements that could be easily replicated with decorative painting and faux finishing. You don’t even have to have an Earl of Grantham sized budget to pull off many of these updates in your own home.

Let’s start with these beautiful patterned walls.

Downton Abbey Upholstered Silk Patterned Walls
Downton Abbey Upholstered Silk Patterned Walls

These were upholstered in an expensive French silk fabric. This look can be replicated with paint and a hand painted stencil. Here are three Damask stencil designs that would work to duplicate this look from Royal Design Studios.

royal design studios encantada damask stencil
Royal Design Studios Encantada Damask Stencil
Royal Design Studios Corsini Damask Stencil
Royal Design Studios Corsini Damask Stencil
Royal Design Studios Fortuny Stencil
Royal Design Studios Fortuny Stencil

If you wanted something close to the Downton color scheme you could use a base coat of Sherwin Williams 6212 Quietude.

SW 6212 QUIETUDE
SW 6212 QUIETUDE

And with a stencil color of 6213 Halycon Green.

SW 6213 Halcyon Green
SW 6213 Halcyon Green

If you wanted a more subtle tone on tone look you could do the same color  paint in different sheens. Paint your base coat in a flat or satin and do the stencil in a high gloss. Here is a good tutorial on how to do a tone on tone finish. 

Now let’s look at that beautiful ornamental ceiling.

Downton Abbey decorative ceiling
Downton Abbey decorative ceiling

This is a hand painted ceiling that probably took the original artist month’s to complete. Luckily, there are some innovative products available to today’s decorative painters that make it faster and more affordable to get a look like this. Modello Designs is a company that creates one time use masking stencils. You choose from one of their designs or they can custom design one for your room. You apply the sticky stencil to the ceiling and then you apply your choice of color and product for a completely custom look. Here is a Modello ceiling in progress by decorative artists, Maggie O’Neill.

Maggie O'Neill Modello Ceiling
Maggie O’Neill Modello Ceiling

How about these beautiful aged doors? This entry door finish could be replicated with a little off white paint and a light golden glaze.

Downton Abbey glazed doors
Downton Abbey glazed doors

As for the more ornamental doors:

Downton Abbey ornamental doors
Downton Abbey ornamental doors

This would require a skilled painter like my Facebook friend, Jeff Huckaby. Here is one of his hand painted ornamental doors.

Jeff Huckaby Hand Painted Doors
Jeff Huckaby Hand Painted Doors

He also does gorgeous hand painted ceilings too.

If you are a die hard fan like me and one of your best friends go to meet Matthew on a recent visit to NYC. You might be a little bit jealous.

Nancy McNulty and Dan Stevens
Nancy McNulty and Dan Stevens, aka Downton Abbey’s Matthew

The jealousy, I can get over. What I can’t get over is the info she brought back. Matthew will not be returning to Downton Abbey for season 4. Excuse me while I take to my bed to recover from this news.

Photos courtesy of Highclere Castle and PBS.

You might also want to check out my friend THE DECOROLOGIST’s post on her Downton Abbey dinner party. And her post on Downton Abbey style.

If you live in the Nashville TN area and you’d like to add a little Downton Abbey glamour to your space with some decorative painting, we’d love to hear from you. Please contact Dana at 615-500-1517 or fill out the contact form below. 

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  1. Jeff Huckaby says

    January 13, 2013 at 2:56 pm

    Dana, beloved! Thank you so very much! This is simply a wonderful thing you have done here. I am so honored to be esteemed by you. I return the exact same in even greater measure to you!
    -Warmest regards, Jeff

  2. Dana Tucker says

    January 14, 2013 at 5:25 am

    Thanks Jeff! Your work is amazing and a BIG inspiration.

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