How to make faux stepping stones that ACTUALLY look real!

Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль

Hi everyone and welcome to my channel, today I'll show you how to make stepping stones (or any stones) that will look like real ones! The shape, the texture and the color - everything is important, if you want to make concrete look like natural stone, and I'll show you how to do that.
Here is the link to the video with hypertufa recipe, I made planters out of it. And as it turned out, hypertufa stepping stones look just as good)
• Making hypertufa plant...
Here is the recipe I used:
2 parts Portland cement
1 part peat moss
1 part vermiculite
a handful of fibers for concrete
vermiculite big 70 quarts bag: amzn.to/3GumNh9
vermiculite 8 quarts bag: amzn.to/3MRJG0x
fibers for reinforcement (as I found out they actually suggest them for using in hypertufa mixture):
amzn.to/3Nauc7O
amzn.to/3a4aE6s
I also used concrete pigment, but didn't really like the final color. So for painting the stones I used latex colorants and a concrete sealer. Unfortunately I haven't found colorants like this on Amazon, but you can use an acrylic paint for the same purpose, it's just less pigmented than colorants.
I also found a special stain for concrete which might be even easier to use:
amzn.to/3tvU0Um
Here is a sealer you could use as well (with colorants or paint): amzn.to/3NNBmzw
water-repellent sealer like the one I used to protect the stones from water (this is optional): amzn.to/3QbxsC9
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  • @debsvintagediy
    @debsvintagediy Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @bettyannecourtright4249
    @bettyannecourtright42492 жыл бұрын

    You just keep coming up with more amazing diy’s

  • @jannoliver1434
    @jannoliver1434 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @babytazz2d
    @babytazz2d2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @linnea9017
    @linnea90172 жыл бұрын

    Very nice result and tutorial. Thank you. :)

  • @RosiePoly
    @RosiePoly2 жыл бұрын

    Love the result!

  • @Projectsforlife2021
    @Projectsforlife2021 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for these wonderful home decorations ideas

  • @sianscountrylife4925
    @sianscountrylife4925 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @k.robintaylor8272
    @k.robintaylor8272 Жыл бұрын

    Loving your projects!

  • @user-mi5wf2jx2d
    @user-mi5wf2jx2dАй бұрын

    Amazing ideas, good job!

  • @margaretharris7200
    @margaretharris7200Ай бұрын

    Looks fantastic

  • @pgabrielfreak
    @pgabrielfreak Жыл бұрын

    This looks great!

  • @carlametcalfe4342
    @carlametcalfe43422 жыл бұрын

    Looks amazing

  • @teresaholland4790
    @teresaholland4790 Жыл бұрын

    Very nicely done beautiful work on your art

  • @farmervee_yt
    @farmervee_yt Жыл бұрын

    Lovely. You did a great job.

  • @omar_rwemi
    @omar_rwemi Жыл бұрын

    Amazing job!

  • @angelinabarajas6542
    @angelinabarajas6542 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @autumnsky8647
    @autumnsky8647 Жыл бұрын

    Love it! Thank you!

  • @tammyjohnson7401
    @tammyjohnson74012 ай бұрын

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

  • @donnawojdacz6969
    @donnawojdacz696911 ай бұрын

    You did a great job!

  • @christinestraub1994
    @christinestraub1994 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @FisherCatProductions
    @FisherCatProductions Жыл бұрын

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

  • @teresaestevezalvarez664
    @teresaestevezalvarez664 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @dawnmann5256
    @dawnmann5256 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you liked it! 🥰

  • @ivawka999

    @ivawka999

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IrenesDIY Ирина а если агроперлит использовать вместо вермикулита ?

  • @k.robintaylor8272

    @k.robintaylor8272

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Nancy-zk9dj

    @Nancy-zk9dj

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @seamus6994
    @seamus699420 күн бұрын

    Well done. Great Channel by the way...

  • @esvedra2419
    @esvedra241911 ай бұрын

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

  • @randymarshall1267
    @randymarshall126711 ай бұрын

    I like how you showed the whole process.

  • @lyndioli
    @lyndioli Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ollwynaspinall1991
    @ollwynaspinall19915 ай бұрын

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

  • @skipjack6974
    @skipjack6974 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @anilekka3501
    @anilekka3501 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @anniedurrant7779
    @anniedurrant7779 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @worldcooking
    @worldcooking Жыл бұрын

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

  • @vlrissolo
    @vlrissolo Жыл бұрын

    AANOTHER GREAT JOB!

  • @berthasanchez6559
    @berthasanchez65592 жыл бұрын

    Irina you are so talented they look amazing!

  • @IrenesDIY

    @IrenesDIY

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @maryhairy1
    @maryhairy1 Жыл бұрын

    Looks the real thing!

  • @carolyntorres8171
    @carolyntorres81712 ай бұрын

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

  • @tmontero8492
    @tmontero84927 ай бұрын

    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. ❤

  • @lisakunish936
    @lisakunish936 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @IrenesDIY

    @IrenesDIY

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @flamingo2166
    @flamingo2166Ай бұрын

    Excellent job! Chicken wire was a great supporting material!

  • @tikitiki7610
    @tikitiki7610 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sherryroberts7716
    @sherryroberts7716 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @patspikes8492
    @patspikes8492 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @georgepappas3790
    @georgepappas379015 күн бұрын

    Love Ochre color ❤

  • @patspikes8492
    @patspikes8492 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @cynthiacisneros1694
    @cynthiacisneros1694 Жыл бұрын

    I like it❣️

  • @bwielgus
    @bwielgus Жыл бұрын

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

  • @roxannelucky
    @roxannelucky Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ollwynaspinall1991
    @ollwynaspinall19915 ай бұрын

    ✨ 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 😊

  • @sylviajames3476
    @sylviajames3476 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @gardencat8888
    @gardencat88887 ай бұрын

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

  • @hennahani
    @hennahani6 ай бұрын

    Love it

  • @tammimullen9456
    @tammimullen9456 Жыл бұрын

    Very nice. 💜👏👏👏👍👍👍🥰

  • @c9sus4
    @c9sus4 Жыл бұрын

    thank you.

  • @idaknowsit6146
    @idaknowsit61462 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lechatbotte.
    @lechatbotte.2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kamalratandiwan
    @kamalratandiwan Жыл бұрын

    Super 👌👌

  • @evelyngonzalez8028
    @evelyngonzalez8028Ай бұрын

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

  • @IrenesDIY

    @IrenesDIY

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks! It is made of reed

  • @pagevpetty
    @pagevpetty Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @sungminyang5380
    @sungminyang5380 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Pete.Ty1
    @Pete.Ty110 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍.Thanks

  • @lnixon236
    @lnixon236Ай бұрын

    Where did you get the bamboo screening behind you?

  • @siiiriously3226
    @siiiriously32266 ай бұрын

    They look great! Are they winterproof at freezing temperatures?

  • @IrenesDIY

    @IrenesDIY

    6 ай бұрын

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

  • @samanthapateman8054
    @samanthapateman8054Ай бұрын

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

  • @kimgumm4403
    @kimgumm4403 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @fomobull4187
    @fomobull4187 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TuckerSP2011
    @TuckerSP20112 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot! Will try this as well)

  • @Pinkvictors

    @Pinkvictors

    11 ай бұрын

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

  • @maribabette2205
    @maribabette2205 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @ameliagfawkes512
    @ameliagfawkes51218 күн бұрын

    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.

  • @jenc8953
    @jenc89538 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @epiphgd4302
    @epiphgd4302 Жыл бұрын

    Why peat moss? will it not degrade really easily?

  • @IrenesDIY

    @IrenesDIY

    Жыл бұрын

    That's the point! Peat moss leaves nice little caverns when degraded and you'll get realistic porous surface)

  • @epiphgd4302

    @epiphgd4302

    Ай бұрын

    @@IrenesDIY How do they look now?- I'm skeptical!

  • @jamiegallier2106
    @jamiegallier2106 Жыл бұрын

  • @MaMa-sc9yb
    @MaMa-sc9yb Жыл бұрын

    😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @larisagotzmanova
    @larisagotzmanova Жыл бұрын

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

  • @bettyannecourtright4249
    @bettyannecourtright42492 жыл бұрын

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

  • @IrenesDIY

    @IrenesDIY

    2 жыл бұрын

    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 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @IrenesDIY

    @IrenesDIY

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @robot7759
    @robot7759 Жыл бұрын

    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 😊

  • @heathers1677
    @heathers1677 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @MajorIllustration

    @MajorIllustration

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @lidiya1740
    @lidiya1740 Жыл бұрын

    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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @lidiya1740

    @lidiya1740

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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

    Жыл бұрын

    @@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

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @IrenesDIY

    @IrenesDIY

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @PrayerOpensDoor
    @PrayerOpensDoor Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @dcauninaivonarck5266
    @dcauninaivonarck52669 ай бұрын

    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

    8 күн бұрын

    No it wasn’t

  • @LC-mz7ev

    @LC-mz7ev

    14 сағат бұрын

    some things are not for weekend warriors

  • @stevehollywood1
    @stevehollywood18 ай бұрын

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

  • @lolitabonita08
    @lolitabonita08 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @beth3535
    @beth3535 Жыл бұрын

    Wait! Wait! DeSantis has his own construction company?

  • @2ndborn186
    @2ndborn186 Жыл бұрын

    You look like Roseanne Cash.

  • @florianneacsu4188
    @florianneacsu4188 Жыл бұрын

    Maybe use real stone.

  • @spiritualcosmeticss

    @spiritualcosmeticss

    Ай бұрын

    Because this way is a lot cheaper.

  • @rov3r698

    @rov3r698

    13 күн бұрын

    Didn’t she say that there were none available locally

  • @sinsinnomore5555
    @sinsinnomore555510 ай бұрын

    Why didn't you just scrap that mess and make new hypertufa stones....? Painting rocks for the garden is, _no_ all day long for me... The point of the mixture is to make it look like stone, the concrete used is rocks all munched up and the things added are to make it look like stone. Iv'e never see brown rocks in nature where I live, but those area good idea for dinosaur poos!

  • @AlongThePathsOfNature
    @AlongThePathsOfNature11 күн бұрын

    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

  • @BenHarper1984
    @BenHarper1984 Жыл бұрын

    They look great!

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