Hit the Bricks

If you follow me on Instagram, you know that we are amassing quite a heap of bricks.

Charles and I agree that we don’t really like the commercial grade sidewalk leading up to the house now, and would rather do a more attractive path. Since we have so many bricks, we thought it would be cool to use them for a sidewalk. I especially love these:

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And here’s where we’re a little undecided. We have an absolutely fabulous mason who has done a beautiful job with our cheek walls so far. (We just learned that’s what they’re called…we’ve been calling them the “porch arms.” We keep it sophisticated around here.) He is using cinder blocks to stabilize the inside, and then laying new bricks on the outside. The curves are just perfect. He really is an artist.

Now that we have such beautiful brick work, we can’t decide if we want to paint the brick white to match the brick columns and foundation of the house, or leave it unpainted as sort of a feature. We plan to add a brick face to the concrete steps, and will most likely treat them the same way as the cheek walls. The path from the street will be unpainted brick. So what do we do? Paint the walls white, or leave them alone? What about the steps? Opinions needed, please!!

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13 comments on “Hit the Bricks”

I like the contrast of the painted house with the gorgeous red brick. I vote not to paint! Gorgeous home!

I love the natural brick! I think it adds contrast and character!

If you’re going to incorporate natural brick in the sidewalk and the steps, I would leave the cheek walls natural as well. Provides a nice contrast. Loving the progress!