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To achieve this look you can either paint the wall first with the colour mortar you want or you can paint on the Mortar after on white or magnolia walls. Next you need a Diall Tiling sponge one with the round edges (for a castle style brick shape) or a car sponge in a longer shape for longer bricks I bought mine from Wilkinsons. Paint an “L” shape in white down the left side of the brick and across the bottom. I then painted in black a “7” across the top of brick and down the right side. This creates the
light and shade giving it a 3D effect.
Next step I dabbed in the middle part of the sponge with tester pots using a paintbrush. I used black, white and grey for the castle effect brick and orange, green, brown, grey and beige for the longer style brick. Place sponge just above the skirting board and work your way up to help keep the bricks level as you go along and press firmly against wall all over to get an even coverage.
Written By Michelle Durrance
How to create a brick effect
wall using a sponge.