The stencil worked very well. I just wish it had come with directions. I have used this same stencil before but it has been a while and I would have appreciated a few tips on how to get started. One suggestion for a more realistic birch tree. Paint your wall with varied colors before you start stenciling. I painted black randomly on my wall and then painted over that with beige. The black, beige is the part that becomes the tree. The part that you stencil is the background and it should be a solid color to contrast with the trees somewhat but not too strongly.