DIY Wrigley field wall

I am a huge cubs fan and decided to create a bedroom wall that looked like the outfield of wrigley field.

The items I used for this project include:

Large ruler or rigid measuring device
Level
Pencil
1/4 inch painters tape
Paint brushes
Red/brown shades of paint for bricks(I used 3 colors from Benjamin Moore)
Burlap ribbon(green)
Fake ivy strands
Hot glue gun
Green tacks

I got the ribbon, the tacks, and the fake ivy off of amazon. Amazon has a few different shades of ivy you can pick from.

I started out using a level and a large ruler to draw out the bricks and the gaps between the bricks. I used the following measurements for each brick:

8 3/4inch length by 3 inch height

I then used a 1/4 inch measurement for each gap around each brick. This would traditionally be where the mortar would go.

I drew directly on the wall an outline of each brick as shown in the picture above. I used a level which I sat on top of my ruler to make sure the lines were level before I drew them. You don’t have to worry too much about precision because traditional bricks aren’t typically perfect. I also staggered the brick pattern by choosing different lengths of the first bricks and alternating them for 3 rows before starting over. For example: (From the top down)the first row I started with a length of 3 inches, the second row I started with a length of 5 inches, and the 3rd row I started with a length of 8 inches. I repeated the same pattern of lengths all the way down the wall to make the bricks appear more realistic. **Don’t forget to mark 1/4 inch spaces surrounding each brick.

Once I traced the outline onto my wall I “filled” the gaps between the bricks with the 1/4 inch painters tape. My outcome is shown below:

I used my 3 reddish/brown shades of paint to paint sections of the bricks. I painted the bricks in groups to make them look more realistic.

I then removed the painters tape

Side note: my walls were never painted and were pretty white prior to starting this. If you want your “mortar” to look gray, white or any other color then paint the wall prior to starting your bricks.

For the yellow numbers I used wooden numbers from Micheals and painted them yellow. I stuck the numbers to the wall with sticky tack. If you are brave you can paint the yellow numbers right on to the wall, but it will probably take several coats to cover the dark colored bricks.

Ivy:

I measured the height of the area I wanted to cover and cut my ivy to that length. I got my ivy off of amazon and the measurement turned out to be half of each strand. I laid out the ivy on top of the burlap ribbon to figure out the spacing I wanted. I did not measure the spacing, I did it according to what I liked. I then used hot glue to glue the top portion of each strand to the burlap ribbon. After the glue had dried I attached the burlap ribbon to the wall(top of my bricks) with the green tacks.

The last thing I did was cut off any leaves that were blocking my yellow numbers. I did not cut the entire strand but just the leaves so I didn’t have to attach another shorter strand under the yellow numbers. I then tucked the bare portion of the strands around the numbers so they were not blocked.

I painted the rest of the room cubbie blue and here are my end results

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