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All Just about Interior DesignCreating a Artificial Stone Stop for your Walls Mistreatment Old Newspapers
by:
Pamela Cole Harris
Love the look of stone but you can�t even as afford the rocks in your head? (That�s a joke, son!) If you have old newspaper lying around, you can have the look of stone you love � inexpensively! Here�s how:
1. Paint the wall with a shelter
of white latex enamel. It is better to use low-luster enamel with a sponge brush device
(available at most discount stores for about $1). Let the paint dry to the touch.
2. Choose a flat earth-tone or neutral glaze mistreatment a clear sponge brush. Apply the glaze in random strokes over one-half the surface.
3. Repeat this step with a darker glaze, but deed small random areas unglazed.
4. Next we wash! Apply a white wash in several areas and a earth-tone wash in others. Again, the much random the better!
5. Fold an old newspaper in half and then in half again. Place it flat against a small part of the wall and press. Lift and repeat in another area. Each time you lift, much glaze wish be removed.
6. Turn the paper in several directions to help blend the colors into random patterns. Fun, huh?
7. If you feel that one area necessarily much color, spread glaze on the newspaper and press it flat to the desired area.
8. Repeat the process until you are satisfied with the look. Leave several light and dark spots in the pattern.
9. Let the paint dry. (Don�t watch it - it�s deadly dull!)
10. Finally apply much white wash to the entire surface. Soften the colors by dabbing with a clear cotton cloth.
11. Allow the paint to dry once more. (I didn�t say this process would-be be exciting, did I?)
The look you wish attain with this technique wish mimic the depth, color variations and rough look of much costly stone tiles. Not bad for a little paint and several old newspaper, right? Now go out there and dab!
Just about the author:
Pamela Cole Harris has been a writer and designer for 35 years (Yikes, has it been that long?) Enjoy her tongue-in-cheek approach to affordable interior design at:
http://www.homeandgardenmakeover.comand
http://www.diy-homedecor.com
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