pictures?

There is a pic on the gallery side with a rock wall I absolutely love. It is a partial wall, not completely covered. Why I don't try to replicate it is a mystery. But I do understand the draw for wanting to do this. Can you use the brick overlays they have? HD has one on their site. Has a mesh backing and corner group, is 1/2" thick.

You could do wallpaper that looks like brick. Depending on how rough your kids get with each other, wallpaper might be better.

They still make z brick which is a thin brick veneer that is designed for homeowners to do themselves. It looks and feels like real brick.

I would go with a fun wallpaper, not brick design imoâ¦.

Thanks for the replies. I'm including some photos. It's the tv wall I'm obsessing over. I hope you can see that it's crying out for something. Technicolor the veneer I found was a 'one at a time' application I looked for something on mesh but came up empty. So slightly more time consuming but still lightweight and about a 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick.

As for wallpaper I think if I went for it I would opt not to go with a brick motif. I prefer moderate faux, not super duper faux :)

It's a very pleasing space so far. How about shelves to each side and over the TV? Books, art, including your children's art, good looking storage boxes.

Does the wall continue on the first floor? I think if you did a faux brick on that one section that is bumped out, you'd have to do it below as well.

I've got a fake brick wall in the dining room of my 90 yr old house. I used to have one as a kitchen backslash and as tile in the bathroom (next to, not in the tub). The later two are now gone. The tile closed in the bathroom and I couldn't stand it. In the kitchen, it was covered in grease and had to be removed. I really like it in my DR even though it is not an exterior wall. I painted the walls a golden camel to match the mortar and hence tie the room together.

My big suggestion is to protect your walls in case you want to someday remove the brick without replacing the drywall. I destroyed the plaster in the bath, but the kitchen bricks had been mounted to a sheet of Luan and came right off. If you screw up lg sheets of cheap plywood before you do the bricks, you may be able to save the drywall later. HD has a track system to make laying the bricks easier.

Finally, the brick will make the wall behind the TV more alive. Is this a concern?

I have grown to like my fake brick wall (the one that's left, no regrets about loosing the others). I say go for it. Just be sure to finish off the top and outside corner. Maybe use crown molding?

I think it's a nice and bright space you've created !!!

Birdgardener, since my children are young the whole house is their playground so I'd like the area surrounding the upstairs tv lower key (free of kids art, toys etc) The only other thing besides brick that has intrigued me is the image below (from houzz) that is remarkably similar to my setup and I like the idea of these decorative light boxes though they serve no purpose as far as I can see.

Marti8a there is no visual relationship between the wall in the loft den and the room below which happens to be my dining room. The bench that I have set against the railings blocks the TV and most of the wall, it's all hidden from the view of those in the foyer or front door below.

mary - your contribution was pretty thought provoking, I think you hit on my major anxiety, permanence. I visited a hardware store and the process to mount this brick is like laying a tile brick combo - troweling on thin set, piping in mortar. Yikes! There's no going back from that. I'd love the idea of screwing in something like ply or luan (not familiar with that product though) into the joists and mounting the veneer to that. I guess have to do more research to do.

thanks for the compliment mitchdesij!

I'd be concerned about acoustics. My neighbor has her TV in a loft that is adjacent to and above her living room, and it's impossible to have a conversation in the living room when the guys are upstairs watching tv. I'd think a brick wall would amplify television noise.

Love your space...
I think you could make it work...

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Saw this link for faux bricks

Here is a link that might be useful: faux brick

This is probably way too late in coming, but Brick Web has nice mesh brick sets for walls.

Here is a link that might be useful: brick veneer

I don't think it works in the space, which I love by the way. I agree you need some visual weight on the wall but, other than color, I don't see why brick. Of course, when you actually happen to have brick, it's a neutral and goes with everything.

I would not use anything faux of any kind. We wanted stone for our backsplash in our kitchen, because it is the other side of a stone fpl in another room. For code reasons we had to resurface. When the GC said "veneer", I instinctively recoiled. But all that meant was that the stone would not be structural, it is only placed on the facade. It is simply cut thinner (in our case, 4").

So, my point is, if you still have you heart set on brick, it can be real brick, sliced thin. No fake stuff.

If i were you, id try to get the visual weight from wallpaper or shelving. Go to Spoonflower and you will be up all night playing with wallpaper ideas!