What you want is a concrete stain. Although you don't mention painting the cinder-block wall, we recommend that you paint the wall to provide a completely finished look to your backyard.

Paint the blocks if desired. Consider creating an entire wall with the cinder blocks to function as a vertical garden and a ...

Paint the wall to add fun color to the garden. Here, a blue, seat-height, cinder block wall is an attractive feature that borders the path between the stock-tank swimming pool and the house.

If you like the look of concrete block walls, create a grid and carve out gridlines when the joint compound is still wet. You ...

Megan Debin hired Tracy Allen, a local artist, to paint murals on her cinder-block walls in Long Beach, Calif. “It’s so bright and playful, and it lifts your mood,” she said, adding that she ...