Faux brick floor using paint for garage bar room

[Natalya]

A faux brick floor created by using sponges to apply concrete paint.

• The project
• Steps
• Tools and materials
• How to create a brick feature wall using paint
• More inspiration for your garage project

The project

When we built our house we built a quadruple garage, with half of the garage designated to being the man shed or bar. It just had plain concrete floors, and we decided to start there. I looked up many ideas and settled on faux bricks. 

Steps

Step 1

Start with cleaning the concrete floor to prepare for painting. 

Step 2

Use the roller and paint two coats of the cream paint. Cut the sponges in the shape of a brick (It's helpful to use a real brick to measure the right size). 

Do a few practice rounds on paper using the sponge in the red paint. You will have to have a few half sponges cut, too, for when you get to the end of a row and can’t fit in a whole "brick". Afterwards, use the grey paint on a small sponge to dab random patterns to make it look like old, reclaimed bricks. 

 

Tools and materials

Materials used in the project:

• Concrete paint in brick red, grey and cream
  
  
• Pack of large sponges - at least four.

Tools used in the project:

• Scissors or knife to cut sponge
  
  
• Roller to roll the floor paint.

How to create a brick feature wall using paint 

You can also turn a blank wall into a feature wall using paint. Experienced member Jess shows you step-by-step How to create a brick feature wall using paint.

More inspiration for your garage project

Workshop member SoniaM used vinyl planks, a timber bar and special decor for her garage conversion to a retro lounge bar.

Get more ideas for your home in our Top 10 most popular garage and shed projects by Bunnings Workshop community members.

[Dave-1]

Afternoon @Natalya 

Now that is some EFFORT! Impressed with the look, plus staying power involved in completing it all!

I have done a feature wall with the sponge effect, for sandstone look and that was intense as they never talk about how to do the edges lol

But the consistancy you show, mind boggling effort Totally worth it tho.

Dave