Faux Brick Wall

I just got finished painting my very first Faux Brick Wall.

About 6 months ago, my son, James was talking about wanting to do some graffiti on the wall of his bedroom. My husband, Tim, suggested that I paint and brick wall for the graffiti to go on. And so the dream began. I did a little research and 6 months later finally got started.

Tim and James were going out of town with the youth group on a ski trip, so this was the perfect opportunity to get this project done. I had my husband help me tape the horizontal lines and I did the rest.

The horizontal lines were hard to look at. It kinda made you dizzy.

Taping off the vertical lines took a long time. There were over 350 pieces of 4in. tape to separate the bricks!

I covered the entire wall in plaster.

Then came the paint. I sponged it on with a sponge using two colors.

Unexpected problem when I pulled off tape. Too much paint came off. Time to improvise!

I used watercolor to paint the exposed plaster on every single brick.

All the effort was worth it in the end.