Dreaming of your She Shed? I know I am! I wanted to recreate this Potting Shed Stencil by Funky Junk Stencils.

I’m often asked to do Live videos on Hometalk Live, and with spring in full swing, I wanted to feature something for your garden.

Here’s what you need to get the look:

1. Fusion Mineral Paint – your desired paint colours. I used: Chocolate for the base. Picket Fence as the White. Soapstone for the Drop Shadow. Linen (discontinued) as the stencil top colour.
2. Fresco – for added age and texture. This is a simple to mix, texture paint additive.
3. Espresso Wax – optional! Add a little extra grunge into those areas of texture by rubbing in an ageing wax
4. Brushes – our flat workshop brushes & our natural bristle brush for stencilling.
5. Sanding Pad for Distressing

This Stencil from Funky Junk Stencils was featured in Somerset Home Magazine. Check out How To Stencil here!

How to Get This Look

Step 1. Stain Board with Chocolate Paint, I added 1 part water and 1 part paint and stirred.

Let sit for 5 minutes until dry to the touch

Step 2. Mix Fresco 1 part into Picket Fence 1 part to create chunky paint for added texture and age for a rustic farmhouse look.

Let dry for about 15 minutes until dry to the touch. You can use a hair dryer to speed up the process.

Step 3. Place stencil onto the wood and stencil your desired colour, I chose Soapstone a dark soft neutral gray.

With a dry brush stencil your paint into the surface, then lift off when completed.

If you wish to do a drop shadow, it adds a nice bit of depth. I used Soapstone first ( always use the darker colour and stencil that down first when doing a drop shadow technique). Then I added a layer stencil of Lichen, a soft sage green to get the 3-D effect called a drop shadow technique.

I wanted to add extra age to my piece so added another wash of the chocolate and blotted off the excess with a paper towel. You could always use our Espresso Wax for the aged rustic look too.

Now it’s ready to be hung up in my potting shed area.

This one I did is a simple one-colour stencil using Soapstone.

The Stencil Collection includes other Garden style stencils as well, and they work so well together for so many different applications.