{"id":13927,"date":"2017-01-11T02:30:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T10:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ladyslittleloves.com\/?p=13927"},"modified":"2017-01-11T02:30:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-11T10:30:35","slug":"how-to-paint-a-brick-fireplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithlady.com\/2017\/01\/how-to-paint-a-brick-fireplace.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Paint a Brick Fireplace"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we moved into our house, there were some things I wanted to change as they were pretty outdated. One being our fireplace. I am not against red\u00a0brick; in fact, certain types of red brick are making their way back, but ours was not the case. And that gold vent cover…<\/p>\n

Before<\/p>\n

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With a little elbow grease…<\/p>\n

After!<\/p>\n

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I’ll admit I was nervous to paint the brick, as once painted, there was no going back. But, it was a risk I was willing to take as it just did not go with the rest of the room.<\/p>\n

Here is what I used…<\/p>\n

Materials<\/strong><\/p>\n

–Painters tape<\/a> (I used the blue kind)<\/p>\n

-Dropcloth <\/a>(mine was just that cheap roll of plastic kind)<\/p>\n

–Sandpaper<\/a><\/p>\n

–Roller brush<\/a> in a smaller size and sponges<\/p>\n

-Smaller foam brush<\/a><\/p>\n

–Painting tray<\/a> to pour the paint in<\/p>\n

-Primer<\/p>\n

-Paint of choice- for this project I used a little more than half of a half-gallon in Sherwin Williams’ “Snowbound”<\/p>\n

-Spray Paint (optional) – if you want to get rid of the gold- I used Krylon High Heat Special Purpose black spray paint<\/a><\/p>\n

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And how I did it…<\/p>\n

Directions:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I began by taping off the elements I didn’t want painted and laid down some dropcloth.<\/p>\n

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Because our brick had a sheen to it, I then sanded it down so that that paint would adhere better.<\/p>\n

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Then, I painted one coat of primer using this multi-purpose primer as suggested by the employee at Sherwin Williams. I used a small roller for this project which made the painting time minimal. Once the primer was dry, I then painted one coat of my top coat, which is Sherwin Williams’ “Snowbound.”<\/p>\n

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I used a small black sponge brush to get the small crevices and that worked well.<\/p>\n

And about an hour later, I was done!<\/p>\n

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I then popped off the gold parts of the fireplace and spray painted them with the Krylon High Heat spray paint, which was much easier than I anticipated! I had no idea those pieces just came off and thought I would have to tape-off and hand-paint the pieces. But no, they just come right off! \u00a0And once dry, I popped them back into place.<\/p>\n

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And I LOVE the final product! It took my husband about a day to get used to it as I didn’t exactly tell him I was doing this when I did it… he just came home to it complete. But, now he loves it, too. And someday, we won’t have white carpet anymore giving a greater contrast to the now white fireplace.<\/p>\n

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Before and after<\/p>\n

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What do you think? Is this something you would do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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