Take a few sheets of fine sandpaper...
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...paint them brick colours...  |
...then cut each sheet into 644 tiny little bricks.
I wanted to achieve a better look than simple brick wallpaper and although I was exceedingly tempted by the fantastic real brick slips that are available from Richard Stacey, I wanted to keep my costs to a minimum.
As long as you remember to paint the wall in a mortar colour before beginning to stick the "bricks" on so that any tiny spaces between the bricks look like real mortar, it's an excellent compromise.
Having spent six hours making the bricks, it took a further two hours to brick below the lower bay window. (But well worth all the time and effort.)
1 comment:
Good solution - and enormous patience! And of course the brick slips wouldn't go too easily around the bay window whereas the sandpaper bricks fit really smoothly. You've done a great job.
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