Hello wonderful and creative people of Hive!
It is garden time again in our school! All teachers and students religiously buckled down for this task and this is not new to us. As a public school, we have this annual Program that requires the school to have a garden. But with or without this program, we always do gardening and landscaping to not just beautify the school and get recognition but inculcate the love of gardening, landscaping, and taking care of plants in our students.
In this season of our school, everyone gets creative and artsy in showing their garden and landscapes and so as I. I so love wood designs and I want to bring them to my garden without repairing or changing it every year (as it gets easily dilapidated due to weather and termites), why not make it concrete huh?š! So, in today's blog, I am sharing How I make the concrete walls of my garden look like wood!
MATERIALS NEEDED:
A. For the concrete walls:
-Hollow blocks
-Cement
-Steel bars
-Water
(Note: the amount of materials needed for the construction of the garden walls depends on the size of your garden and your desired height of the walls.)
B. In making the Wood Like Design:
Any pointy Metal that you can use for carving (I used old Nails hehe)
Brush (for cleaning)
Ruler or anything you can use as your guide (I used a small piece of plywood)
Latex Paint: Black, Red, and yellow.
Now that we gathered everything, let's proceed to the steps.
STEPS:
1.Let's assume that the construction of the concrete walls is done. Right after the application of cement to the walls, give 5 to 10 minutes of allowance time before you design the walls.
Note: You don't need a perfect smooth concrete walls, a rough and uneven wall is better for a convincing wood-like look.
2.Make sure that the wall is still a little wet (not totally dry) so you can easily draw and carve your design.
3.Draw your desired wood design. Do it by block for the best result. You can draw curve lines and straight lines until you can form the design you want.
4.Time to carve your design. Carve your design 1/2 inch deep.
Note: The Drawing and the Carving process is the most important step of this DIY. Prepare the best possible Design of wood and carve it properly.
5.Clean the carved area using a brush. Make sure to clean everything for smooth and successful painting.
6.Paint your designed walls using Latex paint. Choose what paint color you want for your Base color. In my case I used black to emphasize my Red and Yellow Paint.
7.When the Base color is dry, it's time to apply the bright color. You can mix the color on a container before applying it. Or you can mix the color using your brush on the wall.
8.Let it dry and wait for the finished product.
Note: Just enjoy this part of the process and let your creativity flow to bring life to the wood-like concrete wall you want to achieve!
And there you have it! You now have your concrete wall that looks like blocks of wood!
I enjoyed the process of making my DIY on How to make my concrete garden walls look like wood. I know its not as perfect as those works of the professional but I am very happy and satisfied with the result.
Hope this DIY can help and guide you in designing your concrete walls. Thanks for reading guys. You can also watch the video that I prepared for you.May you all be safe and well always.
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