How to make faux stepping stones that ACTUALLY look real!

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  • Опубліковано 23 лис 2024

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  • @debsvintagediy
    @debsvintagediy Рік тому +39

    Hi Irene. Could you do an update on you stone's? How do they look now that spring has arrived in your part of the world? Did the moss grow? We would love to see how they look now.

  • @tammyjohnson7401
    @tammyjohnson7401 7 місяців тому +3

    Hi not only talented doll restorer but great DIY creator. Thank you, so glad your channel popped up.

  • @carolyntorres8171
    @carolyntorres8171 8 місяців тому +3

    I appreciate that the form is so inexpensive and made easily from cardboard. Well done! Beautiful steps! 🎉❤

  • @dawnmann5256
    @dawnmann5256 2 роки тому +19

    Just wanted to say thanks for posting this tutorial! I cast my stones directly on the ground, using cardboard forms, and they turned out great!

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  2 роки тому

      Glad you liked it! 🥰

    • @ivawka999
      @ivawka999 Рік тому

      @@IrenesDIY Ирина а если агроперлит использовать вместо вермикулита ?

    • @k.robintaylor8272
      @k.robintaylor8272 Рік тому +3

      Do you mean that you made a recess in the ground, put the cardboard form around it, and just poured the mixture in?

    • @PrayerOpensDoor
      @PrayerOpensDoor Рік тому +1

      Wonderful video. Can one use perlite instead and where do you buy these fibres please?

    • @Nancy-zk9dj
      @Nancy-zk9dj Рік тому

      ​@@PrayerOpensDoor I've seen both at garden centers!

  • @skipjack6974
    @skipjack6974 Рік тому +14

    Great idea for the type of stones YOU wanted. I just started following your channel. You are correct, many garden centers just don’t have the look you need to create just what you want. Those stones look great with the planters you already have made. It is like your garden has been there for centuries. Well done, and thank you for the videos!

  • @FisherCatProductions
    @FisherCatProductions Рік тому +6

    Best, most realistic looking stone creations I have see! Excellent inspiration for me. Thank you!

  • @anilekka3501
    @anilekka3501 2 роки тому +1

    One thing I like about u the most that you make mould of all things very easily you got some engineering skill

  • @tmontero8492
    @tmontero8492 Рік тому +1

    Wow, Irene! Your stones are PERFECT! You are a very clever and innovative person! I have been considering making similar stepping stones for a pathway in my yard. I love your ideas, thank you so much for sharing your method. ❤

  • @esvedra2419
    @esvedra2419 Рік тому +1

    I love how it looks and wish I saw this video before I made my boring cement stones.

  • @sayo2354
    @sayo2354 4 місяці тому +1

    I just used garden stakes and window vertical blind replacement strips. Easy peasy

  • @anniedurrant7779
    @anniedurrant7779 Рік тому +1

    Your creativity is inspiring and your spoken English so eloquent. Thank you 🙏

  • @flamingo2166
    @flamingo2166 7 місяців тому +1

    Excellent job! Chicken wire was a great supporting material!

  • @lisakunish936
    @lisakunish936 2 роки тому +5

    Beautiful! You did a fabulous job coloring the stones. They look very natural!

  • @randymarshall1267
    @randymarshall1267 Рік тому

    I like how you showed the whole process.

  • @worldcooking
    @worldcooking Рік тому

    An activity worthy of all admiration for the tasteful arrangement of this splendid green garden!

  • @tikitiki7610
    @tikitiki7610 Рік тому

    0good grief, girl! we all wish we had some of your energy and smarts. marvelous channel. wish i had found you 20 years ago!!! ha! thank you for sharing.

  • @christinestraub1994
    @christinestraub1994 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful❤️did the moss mixture you made grow what a awesome idea love your garden

  • @patspikes8492
    @patspikes8492 Рік тому +2

    Hello, I love what you create. Thanks for sharing. So, you don't use any sand?

  • @ollwynaspinall1991
    @ollwynaspinall1991 11 місяців тому

    ✨ Wow those stepping stones look fantastic an excellent job 👏👏❤️ they look really natural👌😀 love them ❤️❤️

  • @lyndioli
    @lyndioli Рік тому

    They look like they've been there for ages, just like the look you were going for!👍👏

  • @bwielgus
    @bwielgus Рік тому +1

    Very helpful tutorial. I’m curious if the moss took root?

  • @kellycasey5
    @kellycasey5 4 місяці тому +1

    Irene this is so lovely! How did they hold up in the frost?

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  4 місяці тому

      We had a really tough winter this year (-30 -35C), and they're completely fine!

  • @patspikes8492
    @patspikes8492 Рік тому +1

    So what I have tried today:
    Made your recipe in two batch.
    One with brown color, the same you used and didn't like, but i have used less quantity.
    And I way lighter color, stone beige color.
    Mix then separately. So I had 2 buckets.
    Then I take a piece or each, and I apply on my surface. The goal is to make 1 stone different shades.

  • @teresaestevezalvarez664
    @teresaestevezalvarez664 2 роки тому +2

    Great job, they look very natural as if they had always had been there💯

  • @mtv5108
    @mtv5108 5 місяців тому

    ❤ I started loving stones cause you made it 🙏🏼

  • @chilepepper18
    @chilepepper18 4 місяці тому

    I would like to know if these are more lightweight because of using peat moss & perlite? I would like to have something more lightweight than solid concrete. Thanks and love your ideas

  • @gardencat8888
    @gardencat8888 Рік тому

    Love these! What if I used dirt instead of peat moss?

  • @sylviajames3476
    @sylviajames3476 Рік тому +2

    Great idea, but as peat moss is now a precious commodity, well the use of it is frowned upon, in the UK. Can other materials be used instead to give the same effect, such as straw, etc be added to non peat compost?

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  Рік тому +1

      Hi, yes, straw would work there too, or coconut fibers..

  • @evelyngonzalez8028
    @evelyngonzalez8028 7 місяців тому

    WOW 😮 they look amazing
    I also love your fence, what is it made of?
    Thank you for sharing 🙏🥰

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  7 місяців тому +1

      Thanks! It is made of reed

  • @angelinabarajas6542
    @angelinabarajas6542 Рік тому +1

    Very nice work thank you for sharing with us❤❤❤😊

  • @margaretharris7200
    @margaretharris7200 7 місяців тому +1

    Looks fantastic

  • @donnawojdacz6969
    @donnawojdacz6969 Рік тому +1

    You did a great job!

  • @idaknowsit6146
    @idaknowsit6146 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you for this excellent tutorial! Your pathway looks great!

  • @ollwynaspinall1991
    @ollwynaspinall1991 11 місяців тому

    ✨ Hi Irene I'm new to your channel and I've watched quite a few videos of yours and must admit you have the greatest impressive talent (a gift) 👏👏😊 you have magical golden hands 👐❤️✨ I love your channel a pleasure to watch 🤗 I've just subscribed 😊

  • @teresaholland4790
    @teresaholland4790 Рік тому +1

    Very nicely done beautiful work on your art

  • @pagevpetty
    @pagevpetty 2 роки тому

    Nice, thanks for sharing. Maybe if you put plastic in the mold you wouldn't have to make new ones, but it would take a lot longer to make one at a time.

  • @maryhairy1
    @maryhairy1 Рік тому +1

    Looks the real thing!

  • @roxannelucky
    @roxannelucky Рік тому

    Awesome job! Wish I had the energy for this but too old now.

  • @babytazz2d
    @babytazz2d 2 роки тому +1

    Wow amazing I love watching all of your videos. You are so talented. I can’t wait to see the next video.

  • @berthasanchez6559
    @berthasanchez6559 2 роки тому

    Irina you are so talented they look amazing!

  • @siiiriously3226
    @siiiriously3226 Рік тому

    They look great! Are they winterproof at freezing temperatures?

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  Рік тому

      Sure! We have up to -30C in winter here and they withstood that without problems

  • @jannoliver1434
    @jannoliver1434 Рік тому

    This was absolutely fabulous!!! Thank you! Great job.

  • @sianscountrylife4925
    @sianscountrylife4925 Рік тому

    Excellent job and just the video I was searching for 🙂🙂🙂

  • @lechatbotte.
    @lechatbotte. 2 роки тому

    You did such a great job. Clever using the cardboard that way.

  • @loiscroon7189
    @loiscroon7189 4 місяці тому

    Awsome thank you for sharing ur knowledge

  • @FredNicholsJr-n5k
    @FredNicholsJr-n5k 7 місяців тому

    Amazing ideas, good job!

  • @Projectsforlife2021
    @Projectsforlife2021 2 роки тому

    Thank you for these wonderful home decorations ideas

  • @bettyannecourtright4249
    @bettyannecourtright4249 2 роки тому

    You just keep coming up with more amazing diy’s

  • @pgabrielfreak
    @pgabrielfreak Рік тому

    This looks great!

  • @linnea9017
    @linnea9017 2 роки тому

    Very nice result and tutorial. Thank you. :)

  • @lnixon236
    @lnixon236 7 місяців тому

    Where did you get the bamboo screening behind you?

  • @seamus6994
    @seamus6994 6 місяців тому

    Well done. Great Channel by the way...

  • @fomobull4187
    @fomobull4187 Рік тому

    Very nice. If only there was a mold for organic stones. Like the quikrete molds, but shaped on all sides. Because that seems very labour intensive. I would not use my hands to mix cement, you can get terrible burns.

  • @farmervee_yt
    @farmervee_yt Рік тому

    Lovely. You did a great job.

  • @Sarahyoutubeaddict
    @Sarahyoutubeaddict Місяць тому

    Great job ,but would probably look a little more natural if they were rounder ie not so convoluted

  • @RosiePoly
    @RosiePoly 2 роки тому

    Love the result!

  • @Papag53
    @Papag53 6 місяців тому

    Love Ochre color ❤

  • @BenHarper1984
    @BenHarper1984 2 роки тому

    They look great!

  • @k.robintaylor8272
    @k.robintaylor8272 Рік тому

    Loving your projects!

  • @sungminyang5380
    @sungminyang5380 Рік тому

    I watched your Japanese concrete lantern, and this video.
    I bet you love chicken wires lol.
    I think I should like it too.
    I like your video and idea.
    Anyway now I'm following your channel!
    Thanks for your video

  • @TuckerSP2011
    @TuckerSP2011 2 роки тому

    Great job! They look so great but I think you should just try to wet the stones and stick moss on them rather than that mixture. Since you sealed the concrete the moss would probably stick directly to it. I just love your path.

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  2 роки тому

      Thanks a lot! Will try this as well)

    • @Pinkvictors
      @Pinkvictors Рік тому

      I took moss and laid it directly on my rock around my pond n it grew.

  • @kimgumm4403
    @kimgumm4403 2 роки тому

    What are you using too make these stones
    Can you give me list of each into the cement ????
    And what colorent you using ???
    And the milk stuff the water proofing I did get the name of it long name wow !! I'm going try make these !!
    But so fast trying see what each thing going into making these !! Thank you wow great !!
    I do stepping stones me ! But always like new things with cement crafts me yours really great but can't read that fast all stuff you put in cement or on the top of them !! ??? Thank you just list all that would help me find all too make these great stones !!! thank you Kim Indiana me ...

    • @kimgumm4403
      @kimgumm4403 2 роки тому

      I didn't get the names of all you put into the stones got cement but other stuff too put into them ???? Thank you want too make them me ?????.Kim

  • @omar_rwemi
    @omar_rwemi Рік тому

    Amazing job!

  • @carlametcalfe4342
    @carlametcalfe4342 2 роки тому

    Looks amazing

  • @megrogan1
    @megrogan1 5 місяців тому

    Lovely !

  • @vlrissolo
    @vlrissolo 2 роки тому

    AANOTHER GREAT JOB!

  • @maribabette2205
    @maribabette2205 Рік тому +2

    You could use a bag instead of using a bunch of tape inside

  • @autumnsky8647
    @autumnsky8647 2 роки тому

    Love it! Thank you!

  • @Inconsistent-Dogwash
    @Inconsistent-Dogwash 7 місяців тому

    Tinfoil slightly crunched up inside the cardboard might help speed up the texture process.

  • @sherryroberts7716
    @sherryroberts7716 Рік тому +2

    Irene!! Wouldn't it be easier to go to Japan and buy a few rocks and bring them home !! LOL The result, however, is quite lovely, you did a great job! As an idea, next time maybe take a photo of all your finished prizes and then print that out on your printer. Arrange them in their paper form until you are giddy with happiness!

  • @jenc8953
    @jenc8953 Рік тому

    At first the stones looked like doggie biscuits but after you placed them in the garden with the sedum growing around it, it looks very realistic.

  • @cynthiacisneros1694
    @cynthiacisneros1694 Рік тому

    I like it❣️

  • @kamoreo
    @kamoreo 5 місяців тому

    Queen

  • @tammimullen9456
    @tammimullen9456 2 роки тому

    Very nice.
    💜👏👏👏👍👍👍🥰

  • @hennahani
    @hennahani Рік тому

    Love it

  • @c9sus4
    @c9sus4 2 роки тому

    thank you.

  • @kamalratandiwan
    @kamalratandiwan Рік тому

    Super 👌👌

  • @Pete.Ty1
    @Pete.Ty1 Рік тому

    👍👍👍.Thanks

  • @ameliagfawkes512
    @ameliagfawkes512 6 місяців тому

    I think they look great, but per stone, they must have cost a fair amount. Peat is hard to get in the UK and expensive. I have used good quality acrylic paint and sealer on both real stone and outdoor plaster, but the quantity needed here for the coverage needed begins to send the cost stratospheric and it won't last forever. Clearly, these are simply decorative and not meant to be walked on and they do look good. I hope they're holding up.

  • @larisagotzmanova
    @larisagotzmanova Рік тому

    Вы и на английском ведёте блог я оч.поражена.молодец

  • @bettyannecourtright4249
    @bettyannecourtright4249 2 роки тому

    I see a sewing machine stand in your yard. Are you planning a diy or has it been diy

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  2 роки тому +1

      Hi, actually we were planning to make a table for crafting from another ald sewing machine we have at home) I can make a video about this if you are interested)

  • @shantipeirce7083
    @shantipeirce7083 Рік тому

    What could be used instead of peat moss? It’s not a good product to use, as it’s not sustainable.

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  Рік тому +2

      That's the point! Peat moss "melts" with time, leaving those little dents and hollows that make it look real

  • @jamiegallier2106
    @jamiegallier2106 Рік тому

  • @dcauninaivonarck5266
    @dcauninaivonarck5266 Рік тому +7

    You making them was very creative, but the process was of too many steps, and also the effort and the cost was too much and too high for DIYers.

    • @nowirehangers2815
      @nowirehangers2815 6 місяців тому +2

      No it wasn’t

    • @LC-mz7ev
      @LC-mz7ev 5 місяців тому

      some things are not for weekend warriors

    • @xyz7572
      @xyz7572 5 місяців тому

      I think it depends on the materials you have at home, and what materials you can get in your area :)

  • @robot7759
    @robot7759 Рік тому

    2 parts of cement? The usual mix is 1 part cement on 2 parts of sand on 3 parts of (course) gravel.
    Weird ginger cookies 😊

  • @PrayerOpensDoor
    @PrayerOpensDoor Рік тому +1

    I’m sorry you have such rude people commenting on your video. Growing up our mother always told us , if you haven’t anything nice to say about something, don’t bother saying anything at all.

  • @РутаСвет
    @РутаСвет 4 місяці тому

    Здравствуйте! А есть ваш канал на русском языке? Где его можно посмотреть? Спасибо!

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  4 місяці тому

      Канал на русском называется My DIY life

  • @MaMa-sc9yb
    @MaMa-sc9yb Рік тому

    😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @lidiya1740
    @lidiya1740 Рік тому

    Ира, отличная реклама строительных товаров из России- даже Portland Cement у Вас показан в русской упаковке!
    В.В. платит хорошо, не правда ли?

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  Рік тому +1

      Простите, а где мне в России взять цемент в нерусской упаковке? Ну и тараканы у вас🤦‍♀️

    • @lidiya1740
      @lidiya1740 Рік тому

      @@IrenesDIY А на английский все ваши выступления дублируются автоматом? Да, страна чудес Россия так и осталась страной чудес. И все комменты кроме моего тоже по-английски! Здорово!!!
      Это так Путин осваивает интернет? Хороший ход! Думаете, кто-нибудь захотел бы учиться мастерству у тетеньки из русского Зажопинска? Пусть думают, что я из Беверли Хиллз….

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  Рік тому

      @@lidiya1740 как связаны реклама стройматериалов (которой правда нет, а я бы не отказалась), то, что этот канал на английском и Путин, который якобы мне платит (и, кстати, за что? Расскажите, а то может надо пойти попросить, а я и не в курсе?) вы вообще даете, конечно😁 посмешили "тетеньку из Зажопинска" 😁🌷 а платит мне кстати компания Google Ireland😚

    • @lidiya1740
      @lidiya1740 Рік тому

      @@IrenesDIY Привет Маргарите Симоньян! Ирландия обязательно сказала бы, что это передача из России! Давай, тётка. У России финансов на пропаганду всегда хватало.

    • @IrenesDIY
      @IrenesDIY  Рік тому

      @@lidiya1740 в чем пропаганда моя заключалась-то?) это русское название на пакете должно было видимо всех привести в неистовый экстаз?)))) вы чудо😘🌷

  • @heathers1677
    @heathers1677 2 роки тому +9

    Cool idea but that’s a ton of work for 4 stepping stones.

    • @MajorIllustration
      @MajorIllustration Рік тому

      True . Could use power mixer for some of this. Excercise with something to show for it! 🤣

  • @stevehollywood1
    @stevehollywood1 Рік тому

    Real stones have to be cheaper and, for sure less time consuming. This must be for the hobby of it.

  • @2ndborn186
    @2ndborn186 Рік тому

    You look like Roseanne Cash.

  • @lolitabonita08
    @lolitabonita08 Рік тому

    very nice idea but here is a suggestion KILL the annoying background repetitive music!!!

  • @beth3535
    @beth3535 Рік тому

    Wait! Wait! DeSantis has his own construction company?

  • @florianneacsu4188
    @florianneacsu4188 2 роки тому +8

    Maybe use real stone.

    • @spiritualcosmeticss
      @spiritualcosmeticss 7 місяців тому +2

      Because this way is a lot cheaper.

    • @rov3r698
      @rov3r698 6 місяців тому

      Didn’t she say that there were none available locally

  • @AlongThePathsOfNature
    @AlongThePathsOfNature 6 місяців тому

    Impressive! But many steps, much work. For a couple is ok, but if someone needs many it will consume much time and work. But they are impressive!
    @AlongThePathsOfNature