How to Create a Feature Wall with a Stencil

Thanks to Cutting Edge Stencils for providing me with the stencil described in this post and used in my project.

Bathroom wall stenciled with Rabat Allover Stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils

Four years ago I started stenciling a feature wall in my home’s master bathroom. Life got busy, and I only finished the feature wall this year! I guess being stuck at home for months on end has some pluses! Now that the feature wall is finished, I thought it would be a great time to share how to create a DIY feature wall with a wall stencil.

How to Create a Bathroom Feature Wall with a Stencil

My husband doesn’t love a lot of bright colors in the home, so I had painted out bathroom gray. Unfortunately, the shade I chose was a light gray – too light. I didn’t think the paint color did anything to make our bathroom space more interesting.

My home's master bathroom is in need of a makeover

I thought the space would look a lot better if I used a wall stencil and a dark gray to create a stenciled design on one wall in our bathroom. The wall is the wall that can be seen when looking toward the bathroom from my home’s master bedroom. I opted to use the Rabat Allover Wall Stencil on my bathroom wall.

Getting the pattern correct when stenciling a wall should be fairly easy. But, apparently, I was too eager to start my project and didn’t align my stencil quite right from the beginning. Cutting Edge Stencils has a registration system on its stencils to get the design right – you just use parts of the previously painted design to align and lock in the wall stencil. I missed that key fact, so my design is a little less than perfect. But I think my stenciled wall still looks nice! (So I guess it shows that even if you don’t stencil your wall “perfectly” it can still look great!

If you decide to use a Cutting Edge Stencil to create a feature wall in a room of your home, make sure to read these Tips & Tricks You Must know to Stencil Walls like a Pro from Cutting Edge Stencils.

Cutting Edge Stencils also has a lot of great how-to stenciling videos. I’d be sure to watch one of those before beginning your stenciling project.

master bathroom stenciled with Rabat Allover Stencil

Since stenciling my bathroom wall, I’ve added come canvas art to the wall. I think the added color of the print (of a photo I took on a day trip with my family) adds interest and some pretty colors to the space.

I’ve also added a puppy photo print of my pup, Mochi, to the feature wall.

Canvas prints are reasonably priced at Canvas Factory -- this is a print of my Shih Tzu puppy

I still have some projects I’d like to do in the space. For starters, I’d like to paint the bathroom vanity. Above the double vanity in the master bedroom is a huge unframed mirror. I would like to create a DIY bathroom mirror like I did for my daughters’ bathroom. It came out great!