Faking It [brick Paver Edition]

I used porch and patio paint that I had tinted to Sherwin William’s “Fired Brick” as well as the Herringbone Bricks Allover Stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils. I taped the stencil down using painters tape and lightly rolled the paint over the stencil – the natural texture of our sidewalk added a lot of character to the pattern. ​

I also rubbed a dish sponge over our sidewalk to roughen it up and then I used it as a stamp. I had some gray paint left over from the laundry room floors so I decided to add some specks if it to the red pattern to give it more depth. I rolled a thin layer of gray porch and patio paint on a paper plate and then pressed the sponge into the paint, and then lightly sponged it on randomly across the stenciled brick. I made sure to rotate my wrist so the stamp pattern wouldn’t be the same everywhere.

It took some patience, but after about 2 hours of stenciling I was finally done! All together between the pressure washing and allowing it to dry over night I spent about a day on this project.

My love for stencils continues to grow! I cannot believe how much it boosted our curb appeal, of course some fresh mulch didn’t hurt either!