Faux Bricks

last year during my spring break i decided to do a little "curb appeal" to the entrance way... I have all these "I want" projects but i really needed to keep it budget friendly. 
Every time i would walk up the front walkway i would get these visions of flagstones or pavers and then reality would creep it's ugly little head.. Budget!! Budget!!.....

Then one day.... I got this idea, "what if" ... yep.. what if i just painted the concrete. 

so, off i go to visit the "orange apron" guys.. for advice on this little vision of mine.. it was much more simple than i thought, concrete paint and sealer.. tada!!!! 
In one weekend my daughter and i taped off our design and transformed the "ugly" slab into a brick lined pathway.. then on to the steps.... tape, paint & seal...

we were on a roll... it started me thinking.. maybe the "slab" patio next.. I had added some privacy fencing and SOME stones to extend the patio... and in a previous post i had posted my "dream patio" ... so instead of paying someone to lay all the stone work... "why not paint & seal"... so ...



add a few terra cotta pots.. a lounger.. and our little patio was finished for less than $25.00...

a "room with a view"... i am so excited, the patio is now an added outdoor room..

I hope you guys enjoy your weekend... i am hosting a birthday dinner tonight for 14, so i am off to start prepping....
Enjoy your weekend.
Till next
Sandy