Never say never, but I shudder to think that faux-finishing might make a comeback. I can just about deal with faux woodgraining (even Martha gave that a go) but I'll dig in my heels if ever anyone suggests bagging, dragging, ragging or marbling. Stencils, on the other hand, feel quite right with all this print and pattern that's been going on and British firm The Stencil Library have oodles to choose from. Their range covers off Chinoiserie, Regency, Deco and Mod with just about every pattern imaginable (from peacocks and trellis to tractors and camouflage). One of their latest endeavours is a re-dux of an 18th Century idea, when grand houses dedicated a room to prints and pictures that were pasted directly on the wall - kind of like large scale scrapbooking for the Pride and Prejudice set.

Take a boo below at a few of the different styles, I think they're rather fun; and yes, they ship to Canada.