Post #311603 by velveteenlounge on Thu, Jun 7, 2007 11:38 AM

Here are a couple of budget projects I just completed. The first is the "rock wall" behind the fountain:

I started by grouting some rocks from our backyard onto a piece of MDF, but it looked too much like a mosaic, so I wadded up some newspapers and papier mached them over them, sprayed it all with black spray paint (on sale this week for $2.50 a can at A.C. Moore), then Fleck Stone, then sealer.

I also hit this party store tiki with the Fleck Stone:

The lightweight plastic, which I would normally despise, is a great thing in this case, because I could just wire it to the screen on our door. I'd like to find a way to add some red light behind it that doesn't require a cord. Do they make solar lights in red, I wonder? I could probably just add some sheer red fabric over a solar bulb.