by THAT Painter Lady on Saturday, January 30, 2010
Debra,
I have messed up pretty bad. lol
I have done my wall with wallpaper, tear and rip method, it looks like stone and plaster with some ivy on it. I left a blank spot to do the breakaway plaster look and it didn’t work just by painting. You can see the raised seams of the wallpaper around the spot. Do you have any suggestions on what I should do now? I didn’t really want to wallpaper the whole thing and I don’t have any plaster. I do have grout and mortar, could I use them? And when I go to do the cracks, it looks so fake.
Help
Christine
Whoops Christine… you have created quite a challenge for me. I would suggest using “joint compound” to fix this problem.. but since you only have grout and mortar – I’ve had to really think about this one.
I would choose grout over mortar because I think it has less texture (graininess). Trowel on the grout over all the edges of the wall paper tear… and when it is dry seal it with a primer or polyurethane.
That should give you a nice “well” or depression to paint the faux brick breakout. You will need to use the same shadow and highlight techniques I teach in the video and it all should work out fine.
Hope this is helpful… even if a tiny bit. 
by THAT Painter Lady on Thursday, August 27, 2009
Boys love Spiderman and decorating their room with a Spiderman style theme is a natural. This mom wanted to give her sons room a big impact!
Using the Spiderman vinyl stickups is easy… so how do you make your son’s room unique? Give Spiderman something to climb on – like a Brick Wall!
With a few words of encouragement and my Faux Brick DVD – Robin gave her son a bedroom all the neighborhood boys will envy.
Simple ideas that change your entire room personality.
Include this fun project in your Ranch Style Home Remodel.
Click Here Paint Faux Brick Video
by THAT Painter Lady on Thursday, August 27, 2009
Have you ever wanted a warm – rustic style home office and didn’t know quite how to achieve it? Is it a Tuscan, Mediterranean, Spanish or just old and rustic look you are after?
Dolores just knew she wanted to try painting the faux brick look on a wall. Then she got so “addicted” to the process… she completed an entire room. It looks amazing!
Hi Debra,
I just had to show you my wall! And So thank you! Your DVD on faux bricks has been so much fun and very helpful too. So what do you think? This is my first wall and I can’t wait to try another one!!
Thank you,
Dolores
The rustic plaster look Dolores used is taught in the faux brick video set.
You can see that Dolores started painting the bricks on a second wall… and she used the faux wood graining technique to change her white doors into rustic wood doors.
Hello Debra,
Your tips are great! Thank you very much! Here are pictures of what I’ve done so far.
As you can see I am still working on the full brick wall. I think it is turning out quit well.
Thanks again,
Dolores
Dolores finished the full wall of bricks.
One of the big “tricks” I used in my faux painting business was to add something unexpected. Something that would make the viewer look twice before realizing that the object wasn’t real. This little “extra” was what set me apart from the competition.
Dolores has added an extra to her room in a very cute and unusual way…
Dolores – I’m so proud of your accomplishment! You have taken a simple idea of painting faux brick and used it to create a comfy rustic style home office for yourself. Thank you so much for sharing.
Simple ideas that change your entire room personality.
Include this fun project in your Ranch Style Home Remodel.
Click Here Paint Faux Brick Video
