Hi Debra,
I am real excited about started my faux brick wall in my teens room!
My question to you is about what color suggestion you might have for me.
I went ahead and did my daughters room in a deep purple (her fav) and sparing one wall a lighter shade to surprise her with an “urban look” brick wall.
This color would allow me to see my brick template drawn, but I am stuck on what colors for bricks to use as well as my outlines for the faux exposed breakaway?
I thought shades of browns to complement the purples but what shades?, and then how do you suggest doing a BIG breakaway as you show a small version in your demo with a piece of newspaper.
Thank you for a great project and your suggestionsSuzanne
Hey Suzanne,
How much fun is this! You are such a cool mom!
First… the breakaway. I used one sheet of newspaper in the video… but nothing is stopping you from taping together several sheets to create a large breakout. Pretty simple huh?
Let’s see if I can help with the color choices.
3 walls are deep purple (I’ll bet it’s the color of eggplant?)
The 4th wall will have a faux finish with several big brick break outs?
This wall would look really good with the browns and taupes for the faux finish. I would keep it pretty deep in tone so it doesn’t compete with the deep tone of the purple walls.
If the purple has a reddish cast like eggplant… then stick with red bricks.
If the purple is like a midnight sky… more blue… then maybe you will want to add a bit of taupe/sage green bricks instead of red???
Did I answer all your questions… I hope so.
Let me know if I can help in anyway.
debra
