How to paint a wall to look like cement

Painting a faux concrete wall is easier than you might think and you don't need any special paints to get this effect. Let me show you how I created my faux concrete wall finish in 5 easy steps.

Have you seen the gorgeous walls that look like they are made of pure concrete? Here's how to get sleek cement looking walls.

A few years ago I wrote about a distressed glazing technique which has a distressed feel to it, a way we developed to add visual texture to your walls that doesn’t like a stock rag rolling. Here, we take this process one step further. The look is both soft and contemporary, works well in urban environments, and is still livable. It’s unique every time, and in this example we’re emphasizing a linear quality, as if the “concrete” was poured into a wood formwork.

Painting a faux concrete wall is easy and you don't need any special paints to get this effect. I created my faux concrete wall finish in 5 easy steps.

Here's how I painted a faux cement wall in my basement home gym.

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For my guest room makeover, I want the space to have loft vibes so I added a concrete wall to...

In interior design this has become a preferred choice by DIY-ers who appreciate and love handcrafting themselves, whilst spending big sums of money in the process.

Faux finish painting, or using techniques and materials on one surface to imitate or suggest another surface, has been around for thousands of years.

If you would like to enhance the appearance of a bare cement wall, you can accomplish your goal by applying the appropriate type of paint.