Choosing the Right Stencil for a Textured Wall

Cutting Edge Stencils Provides Tips For Choosing the Right Stencil Pattern

Happy Thursday, my little DIY darlings! Remember last week, when Cutting Edge Stencils posted some tips and tricks about stenciling textured walls? This pic might refresh your memory but if you missed it, you can read it here. It's been a hot topic ever since that post because as it turns out textured wall are quite common. In that post, we shared that stenciling a textured wall is indeed possible. Textured wall owners rejoiced, especially those who wanted to take advantage of our 20% off Valentines Day Sale using the code VALENTINE. It also brought about another question, specifically, "What is the best type of stencil for a textured wall?" Today we're going to show you another awesome example and share some tips on choosing the right stencil for your textured wall project!

Stenciling a Knock-down Textured Wall...

We'd like you to meet Amanda Michelle, the DIY design enthusiast behind the blog Well-Groomed Home. She wanted to give her master bedroom a makeover and fell in love with the idea of stenciling an accent wall. Then she realized that her walls had a knock-down texture. No, no it doesn't mean she had to knock down the wall in order to stencil. It's a type of textured wall treatment that builders will use in new homes. It looks like this: Image via drywallschool.com Amanda Michelle didn't let this textured surface hold her back from her stenciling dreams. She purchased our Marrakech Trellis Allover Stencil because she wanted a Moroccan design where she would paint the lines of the pattern rather then the shape (an inverse stencil like our Casablanca). Amanda Michelle also purchased our clip on stencil level, which she touted as a lifesaver and timesavor. She painted the accent wall in Martha Stewart's Wrought Iron, a rich navy blue, and then stenciled the pattern in a creamy white. We think it turned out awesome! Now before you rush off to stencil your own knock-down textured wall, here are some tips for choosing the right stencil... 1. Consider a stencil pattern that is more organic in nature like a floral-inspired pattern (Japanese Peonies Allover, Birds in Trees Allover). Since nature is not perfect, wall imperfections will be less noticeable in designs like these. 2. Select a Moroccan pattern where you are painting the stencil lines rather than the stencil pattern. The Marrakech Trellis Allover Stencil and Agora Allover Stencil are both great choices. 3. For Geometric patterns, avoid patterns that have straight lines and hard edges. Instead take a look at the Paisley Allover or Ikat Saida which will work with a textured wall rather than against it. So tell us what you think, have you considered stenciling a textured wall? Leave us your thoughts in the comments below! Haven't had enough stencil fun?

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Thanks for reading and happy stenciling! Michelle and the Cutting Edge Stencils Crew

So you want to jump on the trend of the budget friendly stencil instead of blowing your entire savings on wallpaper, but your fear is that it’s going to look… like a child did it. Am I right? Well let me give you some surefire tips to help make your stencil experience not only more enjoyable, but also produce a crisp clean pattern that will have EVERYONE doubting that its painted on! Lets do this!!

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First, the star constellation stencil was NOT my first rodeo. I learned a TON from stenciling my daughters BOHO wall. Click here for that project. So let me save YOU the headache and jump to the good stuff.

1. Invest in a quality stencil

You can find stencils all over the internet from different vendors and the prices will range from $10-50… and so do the size. Most of the $10-25 stencils are small.. I’m talking like the size of a piece of computer paper, or smaller. If you are trying to tackle an entire wall…. you are going to be SO frustrated with a little stencil. I purchase my stencils from Cutting Edge Stencil. They are 20″x28″… and have a repeating image in each corner so its easy to line up your next piece. Their stencils are also thick, but flexible.

2. Use a spray adhesive

This is controversial, but I promise for a novice stenciler on textured walls.. this is a must! I use temporary spray adhesive onto my walls, yes, I said it, on my walls.. then apply the stencil. This helps SO MUCH with bleed through and making sure the stencil is really STUCK on there. It does leave a mild tackiness on your wall.. but once the paint is all dry (a few hours later or the next day), take a baby wipe to the wall and the tackiness will come off, and your crisp pattern will stay.

3. First project? Stick with a random pattern vs. a linear pattern stencil

Cutting Edge Stencil has hundreds of stencil options some are linear like chevron lines, or subway tiles… these have to CONSTANTLY be checked to make sure things are straight and level.. and a lot of the times walls or floors or wherever you are stenciling… isn’t straight.. and isn’t level. So stick with a more fluid or random pattern and you are sure to find success.

4. Little paint. Lots of blotting.

The BIGGEST issue I see in stenciling is loading up your brush with too much paint. First, use a flat brush that is meant for stenciling. Dab the brush onto the LID or a plate where only the first 1/8″ of the bristles actually get any paint on them.. immediately dab the brush on a clean paper towel to get rid of some paint before applying it to your wall. Its going to first feel like you aren’t even applying paint, but I promise this is the BEST way to stencil. Also go in a dabbing motion on the wall. No swiping, no circling. just dab dab dab.

5. Think outside the box

Stencil projects allow for creativity! Don’t be afraid to use multiple colors on one stencil… and don’t be afraid to GO BIG and use the stencil like I did with this moon… You will get super unique and amazing finishes if you let yourself get creative.

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How to recreate the large moon

First take a tack and push it into the center of where your circle is going to be. Take a string tied to a pencil and draw a large circle. Color in the circle with SW Whole Wheat so it is a solid gold circle.

Next take the largest moon stencil by Cutting Edge Stencils and apply it to the wall (with adhesive sprayed onto the wall first). Dab SW Chatroom onto portions of the moon. Be as free and creative with this as possible to achieve the base of the moon.

While everything is still wet mix some black acrylic paint (the kind you find at Michaels for $1), into the SW Chatroom and go back with the stencil and darken up some of the edges the moon. Once you have the dark and the light grey applied here’s where the magic happens… take some acrylic glow in the dark paint on your brush (same brush.. never washed it) and apply the glow in the dark over both the dark and the light grey areas to blend the two together and create some cloudiness. wah-lah! Star Stencil with moon is complete!

Room Colors:
Dark wall color: SW Still Water
Stars: SW Whole Wheat 
Moon base: SW Whole wheat 
Moon shadow: SW Chatroom 

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xo- Christine

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