Making A Faux Concrete Wall

Hello lovelies i have a diy project for you today.

Making a faux concrete wall.

Just screw to your walls. Now you can achieve the sleek modern appeal of poured concrete walls without any of the mixing drying or heavy lifting. A few years ago i wrote about a distressed glazing technique which has a distressed feel to it a way we developed to add visual texture to your walls that doesn t like a stock rag rolling. Our incredibly realistic u s made concrete faux wall panels are designed to give you that cool smooth calm of concrete surfaces at a fraction of the cost of real concrete.

Painting a faux concrete wall is easier than you might think and you don t need any special paints to get this effect. Photo by genevieve garruppo. Let me show you how i created my faux concrete wall finish in just 5 easy steps. Loving this distressed look.

Create faux fabric effect. The look is both soft and contemporary works well in urban environments and is still livable. It s unique every time and in this example we re. To make fake rocks with concrete start by creating a wire form base with styrofoam or cardboard then wrap the base in chicken wire.

The faux poured concrete finish on the walls of tali roth s apartment. Urbanconcrete lightweight faux concrete panels give you the sleek fresh and modern look of concrete walls with out any hassle. It looks soft and contemporary i feel like it s abstract expressionism painted on the wall. The added texture far exceeds what any luxury paint color can achieve similar to the effect of.

In this video i demonstrate how i used a concrete finishing trowel and regular satin paint to create a concrete looking wall. It is a project i did in my bathroom and i am so happy and pleased with the look i created. Next use a flat pointed trowel to apply a layer of mortar to the wire frame working from the bottom up. Cladding a concrete retaining wall with the panel gives it the appearance of expensive traditional masonry but without all the costs and troubles associated with the real thing.

Receive a 50 credit with sample purchase. Apartment therapy has this cool technique to achieve this look.