DIY Faux Brick
Love the look of brick but not the cost? Try this fun and simple project to add a faux brick accent to your home.
What You’ll Need:
- Measuring tape and pencil
- ½-inch painter’s tape
- Trowel
- Joint compound
- Paint, in brick color of your choice
- Paint roller
- Gray or white paint of choice
- Paint brushes
What You’ll Do:
- Measure your space and mark where the bricks will be. Most standard bricks are 8” wide by 3 ½” tall. Use a pencil to lightly mark off the rows, leaving ½” in between each row and on either side of each brick.
- Tape off the brick shapes with the painter’s tape. The tape should go into the ½” gaps between each row, which creates your grout line. For the vertical lines, stagger the brick to give the wall an authentic look.
- With the trowel, smooth joint compound over the area until it’s about ½” thick. It’s fine to cover some of the tape, but try not to cover the tape where possible.
- Smooth the joint compound as best you can, then carefully pull the painter’s tape off. The joint compound should not be fully dry when you pull the tape off.
- Let the joint compound fully dry.
- If you want a white-washed brick look, skip to step 7. For exposed bricks or red bricks, use a paint roller to paint the wall in your base color of choice, followed by additional colors, such as gray or white, if desired. For an uneven look, use a sponge to dab the paint onto some of the bricks. Let the paint dry.
- With a paint brush, add a coat of gray or white paint to all the grout lines. Let it dry completely; touch up as needed.
