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 ...

Craving some color and warmth in her living room, @paintedfarmhouse painted her fireplace this beautiful moody blue color (Arabian Night by Sherwin-Williams). Notice the paint extends to the crown ...

The play of light and shadows across a stacked-stone fireplace brings a mesmerizing quality to any interior. Here, native Alabama fieldstone towers to the ceiling, creating an awe-inspiring divider ...

You face a few different issues: how to prep brick and tile so paint sticks, which paint to use and how to apply the paint evenly to such textured surfaces. There’s considerable disagreement about ...

Q: Can I paint a brick fireplace? A: You can paint the exterior of the fireplace (not the firebox) with any high-quality latex paint that is suitable for masonry. You will also need to clean the ...

A DIY enthusiast has shared how she gave her stone fireplace a brand new look with a bargain buy - however, the makeover hasn't gone down a treat amongst social media users. Social media user and ...

Q: The fireplace wall in our ’70s home is stone. The flat-faced natural stones are various shades of gray. My husband loves the stone, but I find it very dark. Is there any way to paint the stone so ...

Or it won’t be, once you follow this advice. By Tim McKeough “The fireplace must be the focus of every rational scheme of arrangement,” Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman Jr. wrote in their 1897 design ...