The built ins and cabinets are french.
White chalk paint on brick fireplace.
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The mantel is painted in graphite chalk paint and distressed a bit.
Chalk paint adheres very well to marble stone wood and brick fireplaces with no undercoat required.
We painted our outdated red and black brick fireplace and built in bookshelves with chalk paint.
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Painting a solid color.
Whether you decide to go for a bold dark color or crisp light shade the results will be amazing.
Take a peek at this before and after of the brick.
Here is my first diy video.
Whitewash typically this involves diluting paint with water and proceeding to brush it on and wipe it off giving more of a muted look.
Why whitewash brick with chalk paint.
Water based chalk paint will cover around 150 square feet per quart.
Painting your fireplace brick or stone a solid color with chalk paint is a super easy easy way to get a fresh new look fast.
You can leave the paint unsealed or finish with clear chalk paint wax if you wish.
And it does wonders to update a room and create a gorgeous focal point.
Kristin young totally transformed her fireplace surround using old white chalk paint by annie sloan.
Fast forward 2 months of looking at the 1 white brick with no luck of getting it off i was forced to complete the task.
So heres how i did it.
I am decorating my new home in houston and i decided to paint my brick fireplace a light gray and give it a modernized makeover.
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Painted a heavy coat of paint possibly multiple coats is applied to completely cover the existing brick and grout lines a red fireplace becomes a different solid color.
This simple step by step tutorial will answer all of your questions about painting a brick fireplace the right way including which paints work best what paint sheen you should use and whether chalk paint is a good idea.
Dry brush a mostly dry brush is used to apply paint to select areas on the brick.
The fireplace in our family room is a particularly unlovely brick.
Make sure the fireplace is cold before you start painting in order to prevent the paint from cracking.
A whitewashed brick fireplace also pairs well with most any wall color.
The soft grey grout was in pristine condition and since we didn t want a rolled on look we painted each brick individually with country grey chalk paint which really added texture.