Fern Leaf Stencil Wall

Home by Heena
by Home by Heena
3 Materials
$40
4 Hours
Easy

I painted my home office gray last summer, but hadn’t gotten around to decorating most of the walls. After looking at wallpaper and realizing how expensive they could be, I decided to create a wallpaper look by stenciling!


Head over to my blog post for sources and more details!

This is what the space looked like prior to the stencil wall. The gray is Metropolitan by Benjamin Moore. It was lovely, but I needed something more going on in here! The room is also north-facing so I had to bring in some warmth.

Pick the base color and apply the first coat


Paint used: Ella Rose by Magnolia.

Apply the second coat


I only needed 1 quart of paint to complete this wall.

Make cutouts of the stencil


Approximate sizes and shapes are fine, it's only for planning the design on the wall before using paint.

Plan your design on the wall


Go wild! If I had to do it all over again, I would make the leaves uniform rather than randomly angled.

Start stenciling!


I used a pouncer to apply the green paint. Some people like using rollers, but I decided it's small enough that it wasn't worth it.

Here's the final pattern!


It makes a lovely phone wallpaper!

Overall, this was a fun little project to do. It probably won't stay forever, but it's definitely fun enough to stay for a while. The pink is a lovely addition to this north-facing room.


Head over to my blog post for sources and more details!

Suggested materials:
  • Paint
  • Stencil
  • Pouncer
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