25/10/2023
Edited: thanks all! Had to get this done before holiday company is here 🤗 For those asking how I did the brick...I used the IOD brick roller and joint compound method. It was not as easy as the video made it look 🤣 lots of mistakes but i wasn't trying to make it perfect. There's much easier ways to do faux brick wall. I wanted more of rustic stone/brick look & feel. I used the mop head & chip brush ... first I brushed Truffle over entire mop head then randomly added Stonehenge, Weathered Wood, Antique Brown and white by dabbing it on mop. Stamped it on each brick face, did a bunch of stamps then misted that wall area and went over with roller. When that was done, i used a damp rag to clean out grout lines (messy stamper). Then I kept layering colors/misting/rolling till I got look I wanted. When all done, I went over everything with Antique White gel swirled on with brush then buffed out with rag. Finally, for more definition, I went back over again with Truffle on mop to randomly stamp over just brick edges. Whew.
I got lots of great ideas for the glass cabinets - thank you all so much! Last step is getting new sink & stove installed, repaint hood in Truffle or Iron Gate & new wall color... not sure what color but anything but gray 😂. That will be a winter project.
Faux brick backsplash...went about creating it differently as I wanted a very rustic finish...not sure I achieved what was in my head but so far happy with it. Used a mix of Weathered Wood, Vintage Brown gel, Antique White gel Stonhenge and Truffle. Cabinets were done in Cashmere some time ago...if I could have a do-over, I'd have kept the original light oak and just gel stained to a darker wood tone. White is hard to keep up with 😂 I'm stuck with the counters till I can either replace or have them professionally epoxied (painted in faux soapstone awhile ago but did not like painted counters & they didn't hold up well so stripped back to original). Suggestions on what to do with back wall of upper cabinets? That wood color does not match now. Do I paint white or do an accent color??
