This article describes how you can craft a country house brick doorstop for your home. It will bring a touch of country charm to your decor.

Materials Needed for the Country House Brick Doorstop:

1. A brick
2. Tracing and transfer paper
3. Home magazines, internet, or books for patterns
4. Acrylic craft paint in various colors
5. Paintbrushes
6. Matte finishing spray

Painting the Country House Brick Doorstop:

The first step in making your country house doorstop is preparing the brick. Wash the brick well to remove any loose dust or dirt. Then, paint it with a base coat of white or off-white paint. Be sure to get the paint into any cracks of chips in the brick. Allow it to dry completely.

The next step is to find or create a pattern for your country house design. Look in home magazines, books, or in the internet. When you find one, or parts of one, trace the outline of the doors, windows, and other accents. Otherwise, you can just freehand a basic country house pattern on your brick with a pencil.

Sketch in a door, windows, roof shingles and maybe even a fence or flowers along the edge. You can add window boxes, shutters, and downspouts. Add anything that you would like on your country house brick doorstop, but remember that you have to paint it still.

Once you have the basic ideas mapped out on your white brick, start painting blocks of color for each thing. If you want to paint the walls of the house, start with those. Paint light tan bricks, grey lines to indicate paneling or shingles, or rough stone shapes.

The next step is to paint the door and windows, their frames, and the roof shingles. You can make the roof shingles square, rounded, or rough-edged like slate. Once the rough color blocks are in, go back and add in more detail and shading.

Paint it as well as your skills allow. Dark windows with white trim looks very cheery, and making the wall a bit darker under the windows and the roof makes the country house brick doorstop seem more three-dimensional. Line all your painted areas with a thin line of black.

The final painting step is to add decoration to your house. How about painting “Welcome” over the front door, or painting flowers and bushes beside it? You could paint a little bird sitting on the windowsill, or a cat by the back wall.

After all the painting is complete and dry, spray the entire brick with the matte finishing spray. This will help keep it protected. Your country house brick doorstop is complete.