Materials:
2 roller covers
damp cloth
base coat paint
top coat paint
wood graining tool
Steps:
1. Apply base coat and allow to dry. Decide where the chinking is going to be (i .e. how wide the logs will be). The featured walls varied with a distance of five inches on some and seven inches between others (figure A). To achieve this , create two different chinking rollers by cutting the nap from the middle and end of regular paint roller covers with scissors--the nap that is left creates the chinking (figure B). To get the irregular look of the chinking, cut out little bits here and there to make it very random.
2. With one of the chinking rollers full of paint, start at a level line and roll two chinking lines at once (figure C). Then lightly mark off the next line , and roll another two, alternating between the five- and seven-inch rollers.
3. Once the chinking is complete, brush on a swathe of the same light-colored paint used in Step 2 and quickly follow with the graining tool by rolling it forward and back as it's pulled through the paint (figure D).
4. Once the white paints are dry, go back over the wood grained area with a darker brown. Use a dry brush technique with just a little bit of paint and add brown as needed to create the desired depth of color (figure E). Let the brown set up for a moment, and then follow with a damp cloth to wipe off any excess.
5. Step back and take a look at the progress after every few boards. If desired , use a damp cloth to lighten the chinking lines even more.
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