Latex paint faux brick

Today we are going to share how to paint a faux brick wall. We posted a teaser about our technique a few weeks back but now we are going to break it all down on how we made our industrial loft style brick accent wall for our home gym that we love. You just need inspiration, creativity, perseverance, and in my case, trust. Trust that when your husband says that he thinks we should use EIGHT different paint colors to paint the wall panels that you know to just let him do his thing because it will turn out great. We both liked the idea of having a brick accent wall somewhere in our home so when we decided to create an industrial loft styled home gym, we knew this was the perfect room for it.

Give your dated fireplace a quick makeover with this faux german smear with paint. Here I show you a fool-proof way to whitewash a brick fireplace! For the last three years, I have stared at our boring fireplace trying to figure out how to easily update it for a fresh new look. As I looked through Pinterest, I gravitated to those beautiful farmhouse fireplaces with the German smear or mortar wash techniques.

Painting faux brick is a great way to accent a wall without the cost and labor of real bricks. If you have faux brick panelling installed on your wall, an easy way to update and preserve the imitation brick material is to paint it. This article was co-authored by our trained team of editors and researchers who validated it for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Together, they cited information from 22 references. Categories: Faux Painting and Faux Finishes.