DIY Idea: Paint Your Own Faux-Brick Sidewalk!

By: Capreek May 30, 2011

created at: 05/29/2011

Concrete sidewalk getting you down?  Spruce that bad boy up with this simple DIY idea!   

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Some paint and a mini roller (and a steady hand) are all you need to turn boring concrete sidewalks into inviting brick pathways.

From MyHomeIdeas: Claudia Darr mixed a batch of brick-red paint and rolled it right onto a concrete walk. After painting a 100-foot-long path in an afternoon, she was so pleased with the results that she went on to faux brick her entire driveway.

What do you guys think?  Clever?  Tacky?  Would you go with a cottage-appropriate red or modernize this idea with a different color (I'm thinking a dark slate grey could look pretty cool in the right setting)?  Share your thoughts and ideas in the comments!

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If you add double boiled oil to red oxide paint it shines when applied akdo makes shower proof when dry
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Silly question, but gotta ask...wonder if this would work on blacktop??

 

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I have cobble stone on either side of a cement walkway all leading up to a porch, any color and style ideas?
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I love this look, great idea.  Using a sponge sounds like it might be a little easier since it's already in the correct shape and would make all the bricks uniform in size.  For the person that used tape....what type of tape did you use that would stick to the concrete without lifting up?  I don't know if painters tape would work and plus it would be pricey.

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I painted an inside mural for a shop that specified stone blocks. Heaps of fun, very convincing and transformational for the owner :)

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Why not create a brick stencil it would be faster and easier. Don't forget to seat it when dry.
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We are actually in the process of doing something similar, using a roller we first painted the concrete grey, then used masking tape to dived the 'bricks' for the edge measuring them to be the same, and then made larger squares in the middle as 'tiles'. We then got a contrating colour and rolled this over the top of the lot, so when the tape is removed it looks like grouted tiles. We found the top colour we used was too light for what we wanted so we then went over with a sponge with the grout colour and made a stippel effect. A little more time consuming perhaps but worth the effort :)

 

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my question is, do you have to prime the concrete, Or do you have to make it really clean first, or what? I have a 14 by 24 sun porch with concrete floor that I would love to do this to.
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She looks so happy - she's making me believe this wouldn't be as frustrating as it seems! :)

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I did this in my laundry room in the basement. I had painted the floors with cement paint in light gray. I got tired of the boring solid paint. So I cut an old round sponge for washing cars that was really wore out. I cut it in half. One side I cut it in half the other direction so I had short ones for around the edges. I didn't like the redness of brick look so I took some old brown paint and mixed it in with the red until I liked the color. I liked it so much that I took a graining tool and brown paint and did my family room floor too. That has gotten scratched up from moving furniture around but I still like it. That's what rugs are for.
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I did this to my front walkway - but I used a sponge.  People are SHOCKED to see that it isn't real bricks!  It has been there for over a year - and no problems!  I used concrete stain.  GREAT project!

 

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I have a patio that has some cracks, this would cover it beautifully.  Oh...now to find the time.

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Any ideas on how you could do this but make it look like slate or stone?

 

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I wonder if there's a quicker way to do this, I have a huge piece of concrete I would love to dress up.

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For a patio, it would work great!

 

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Love the idea of getting the look without the expense of laying real brick-fabulous & clever! I live in a rental, so did this on a carpet remnant for the patio! You could even use a green one & get the look of "moss" between the bricks.
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Love the idea of getting the look without the expense of laying real brick...fabulous & clever! I live in a rental, so did this on a carpet remnant for the patio! You could even use a green one & get the look of "moss" between the bricks...
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Love the idea of getting the look w/o the expense of laying real brick...fabulous & clever! I live in a rental, so did this on a carpet remnant for the patio! You could even use a green one & get the look of "moss" between the bricks...
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I have seen this done using a square sponge.  The sponge gives you the holes and divits like brick.  Use concrete stain  and perhaps darken the edges of each brick with a small pouncer brush as you go.

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Love this idea!  I might try a small sidewalk.  I know that whatever you use there will be fading, even with sealer.  I had my pool deck done about 4 years ago and had brick professionally painted around the edge of the pool.  It looked great but did fade.  It will have to be repainted at some point, but the look is worth the work!

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