Sometimes, even despite attentive maintenance and care, brick masonry fireplaces amass a fair amount soot, mildew, and efflorescence that cumulatively dates a modern home. While a teardown of this ...

Should You Paint Your Fireplace? Updating a fireplace can be costly. But you know what isn’t? A gallon or two of paint!

September 17, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you're remodeling a room and the new colors don't match the brick fireplace, painting the fireplace is an ...

First, you should clean the brick before you begin painting it. To do this, use a wire brush and soapy water to scrub down the brick. Make sure the brick is completely dry before you begin the ...

Fireplace too dark? Use our step-by-step guide to brighten it up and bring some life to your room. While some bricks are beautiful and shouldn't be painted, others might not have that classic ...

(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- How can homeowners update the look of their fireplace without expensive replacements or obvious paint jobs? Painting a brick fireplace or updating the color of ...

The fireplace should've been an architectural highlight of the living room, but instead it had faded into the background. The end result is dramatic to say the least. Dark and contrasting, the ...

Seattle | For years, fireplaces blended in too well at Heidi Noun's Seattle home. One fireplace was hidden behind a wall, and another was plain white and drab. At the suggestion of an interior ...

It's taken almost 40 years, but I think Marcia is finally starting to rub off on me, just a little. And that, as Martha Stewart might say, is a very good thing. We were discussing our latest project ...