Pseudo-stucco wall followup
So how did my pseudo-stucco
turn out? I have to admit that it doesn't look all that much like
stucco. If I was going to repeat the project, I might follow
Roland's advice and add some sand for fine-grain texture. Alternatively, I might just
try to use stucco itself since even non-glossy paint has a plasticy
sheen once dried on the wall.
Those caveats aside, I
think my accent wall turned out really well...even if it doesn't look
much like stucco. I really like the texture (wouldn't change a thing
there!) and my two-tone bottom half of the wall looks really good up
close.
I wasn't so sure after I
put down the first coat, though. I
selected the paint colors online then sent Mark to pick them
up, and I wasn't quite expecting my orange-brown to be quite so, well, orange.
Luckily, I'd never planned to
paint the whole wall in one color. After putting down two coats of the
rather neony hue, I pulled out the yellow ochre I'd also selected.
Brushing a very small amount of paint onto the top of a roller tray, I
barely wet a roller in the paint. Then I lightly rolled over the
textured wall, pressing down more firmly in raised areas that I wanted
to accent.
The result was a very
rocklike texture that definitely made the wall work. Tack the trim back
in place and I could almost forget my office is located inside a
trailer. Now, which wall should I tackle next?
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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When I did my bedroom, many years ago, I found Lowes had a "paint" that was basically paint with sand in it. When I "painted" the walls, it came out looking like stucco. It covered up some flaws that had occurred when the window on the north side of the house was removed.
As far as the orange paint is concerned, visitors will just think your a rabid fan of the University of Tennesse! ::smile::
Probably most paints are plastics these days. However the look does depend to a large degree on the gloss level and the texture.
With professional paints the same kind of paint is often available with multiple different gloss levels. With consumer-grade paint there are often not more than two or three levels, like high-gloss, satin and mat.