Saturday, April 25, 2015

Patchwork Bricks

The new house will have a brick wall through the middle of it, to give it some thermal mass. I've looked at a lot of bricks recently, but the ones I liked most were these pallets of mixed bricks at one recycling yard:
Two pallets aren't enough for our wall. So I considered buying pallets of the various colours, and mixing them up like this. Like a scrappy quilt, only bricks! What do you think?

I hope it will look as good in real life as I am imagining, because the pallets with white paint dots on them in this photo:

will be going to Lal Lal soon. These colours look a bit brighter only because the bricks were wet after all the rain this morning. And I suppose if they end up looking dreadful, we can always paint or render them later!

7 comments:

Maria said...

I think old bricks are so nice! These will make a lovely wall for your house.

Terry said...

We blended old clinkers with a mix from the brick yard and it worked beautifully. Good luck with your wall.

Julierose said...

Oh I like the look of the mixed bricks also--that will be just stunning I think...good luck hugs, Julierose

jacaranda said...

The old bricks have so much character and will look great all mixed together.

mac said...

Exciting times. Looking forward to visiting.

Cherry said...

The mix of bricks look great! I like the idea of of a 'scrappy' thermal wall.

Graeme said...

I'll eat one of those bricks if they look any good when they are laid.