How To Stencil A Wall | Wall Stencil Tutorial
Hey y’all! I had the time of my life this past weekend in Atlanta at the Haven Conference. I hope to share more about that later this week! 🙂 Yay! Today, I’m giving you a few more details on how to stencil a wall with the wall I stenciled for my DIY Drop Space project. I know it looks complicated, but trust me it isn’t at all!
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When I was deciding what to do to make the wall pretty, I stumbled upon the Herringbone Shuffle stencil from Royal Design Studios and I fell in love. Hard.
The lovely ladies at Royal Design Studio sent me the stencil as well as two great quality brushes.
This is the 1″ brush and the 1 1/2″ brush. They are both wonderful!
I prepped my wall with bonding primer over paneling, then two coats of my favorite paint color – Sherwin Williams Shoji White.
To get started stenciling, you need…
- Brushes
- Paint
- Painter’s Tape
- Paper Towels
Use a level to make sure everything is lined up. Then tape the stencil in place with painter’s tape.
Have fun choosing which paint colors to put where. I loved that part of this project. I used four Valspar sample pots from Lowe’s that were color matched to Sherwin Williams – Worldly Gray, Amazing Gray, Intellectual Gray and Quietude.
The secret to crisp lines is this….it is imperative to off load your brushes after you dip them in paint or else you’ll have ugly bleeding lines all over the place. I dipped my brushes in the paint and then swirled them around on paper towels to off load. It worked very well.
You may be wondering how I got the pattern all the way to the ceiling. Well, the stencil comes with a ceiling filler piece that works brilliantly to fill in the area between the large stencil and the ceiling. I just continued stenciling the entire wall. I also used painter’s tape…liberally. Ha!
Royal Design Studio stencils come with registration marks which make lining up the stencil a total no-brainer. So smart!
Before you know it, your wall will be covered with a beautiful stencil that is the perfect backdrop or focal wall in your home. LOVE this wall!
I used a teeny tiny brush to touch up where I had boo-boos. There weren’t many, but I did wing it in a few places. 😉 One thing that I will definitely do next time is to remove moldings, so the stencil can be as flat as possible in awkward spots.
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Didn’t it turn out so pretty?! I love the peaceful, soothing colors. And the pattern is just uber cool.
If you missed my organized Drop Space, you’ve got to check it out. The before and after is pretty incredible!
Have you ever stenciled a wall?
xoxo
Myra
P.S. Stay tuned for a stencil giveaway from Royal Design Studio!
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That pattern is so cool!! It really looks like wall paper too. I could so see my daughter and I doing this in her room. Thank you for the great tips!
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Would you mind sharing the colors? This is adorable and exactly what I have been looking for as a feature behind my daughters bed. Great Job! Love love it!
Hey! I did share the color names in my post. They are Sherwin Williams colors. 🙂
I see them now clear as a bell:)
My non caffeinated mommy brain must have skipped right over them this morning:) Thanks again !
This turned out great! I gave this same stencil a try and made some canvas wall art from it. Looks amazing on an entire wall! Sharing on Facebook. 🙂
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Myra! This is BEAUTIFUL! Great inspiration for all of the white walls in my house!! I think I’ll start small! I get impatient!! Oh! And it was such a pleasure meeting you at Haven… you are so sweet and really made my weekend!! 🙂
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It’s beautiful! I’ve been eyeing this exact stencil for a while, and I think you’ve inspired me to finally give it a shot. Thanks for sharing and have a great week!
-Emily
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This. looks. fanTASTIC!!! I’m using this same stencil right now to do a focal wall in our hallway and doing multi-color, too, but I loooove your color palette here. GREAT job!! I have to use a ton of painter’s tape to tape off different colors. It’s a slowww process getting the whole wall done, but well worth the effort ; )
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It turned out so amazing! I love the shades of colors that you used with this. Thanks for sharing your tips.
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Did you do one coat of each color or did you let the first coat dry and come back and do another coat? I’m attempting this stencil next week on a really big wall! Glad to come across your experience!
Hey Tasha! I just did one coat of each color. 🙂 It seemed to work just fine.
actually did some of this wall stenciling in my bathroom a few years ago! Over the shower and around my cat’s little poo-box. Was fun!
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Beautiful! It looks like super high end wallpaper but so much easier to change later on! This would be perfect for small scale art too! I would love if you would share this over at our blog hop http://www.ablossominglife.com/2013/08/frugal-crafty-home-blog-hop-37.html
Beautiful job! And great tutorial!
Do you have to wait for it to dry before you move the stencil down to the next spot on the wall?
When you stencil, you do it with such a light touch and so little paint, the places are basically dry by the time you move to a new area. I didn’t wait, but just kept moving and didn’t have any smudges. 🙂
Hi! Your wall looks amazing & I’m interested in doing this in my baby girls nursery…Just wondering how you switched paint colors on the brush? Was it quick & easy to clean the brush & switch to the next color or would it be better to look into getting multiple brushes?
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