Review on STENCILIT® Herringbone Simple Wall Stencil For Painting XL 22X40 In Large Stencil For A Modern Wall Decor Herringbone Wall Stencil For Painting Large Pattern by David Thornton

These stencils are a room changer and so easy/quick to do. We receive a lot of compliments but everyone thinks it’s wallpaper. I bought these stencils for an accent wall and loved how they turned out so I did several walls with this herringbone pattern. My advice is to use a small paintbrush (like a brush for watercolor painting versus a wall paint brush) because you literally dab the lines. If you drench the lines with paint, it bleeds everywhere and you may need to repaint the wall color and start the stencil again. I did this blue wall that is 9 ft high x 8 ft wide using 1/4 cup of light grey paint for the lines. You need to use painters tape to make the stencil stay up until you’re done. Once you apply the herringbone lines, it’s best to let it dry for about 5 mins before removing the stencil and moving to the next section. If you don’t wait for the paint to dry, you may get the paint that went on the back of the stencil on the next section you move the stencil to. Waiting is worth it else you have a lot of touch-ups to do. If the back of the stencil starts to get too much paint on it, use a warm wet towel to wipe it off. Dry it before placing it back on the wall. In case you are still hesitating, this wall (my first) took me about 1.5 hours to complete. So if you don’t like the colors, it’s an easy changeout. I recommend selecting either a darker wall color with lighter line colors or lighter wall color with darker lines (trying this next).