What color works against this brick fireplace and floor?
jessi1213
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Comments (0)Hi. I have a full brick wall fireplace with a full wall hearth. The room is approximately 14 x 20 and I have 8 foot ceilings. I had planned on sheetrocking over the brick and removing the hearth. I was going to cover the wall with wood bookcases and a wood/marble mantle with footings that go to the ceiling. It would all be incorporated into one wall unit. I was happy with the idea until I realized that it is going to cost me over 10 thousand dollars. I am currently redoing my kitchen and I fell in love with the look of a subway tile backsplash. It occured me that the brick of the fireplace mimicked the look of the tile. My question is what can I do to work within the confines of the brick wall. I don't mind the color of the bricks I just hate the hearth because I have no real place to put my tv. Right now my tv sits on top of the hearth and it is just ridiculous. Because the room is rectangular, the fireplace wall is the best place to put the tv. Any ideas on how to update this look? Any suggestions would be appreciated....See Morevaulted ceilings, brick fireplace, oak floors oh my
Comments (13)I think you were right. After much thought, I chose bleeker beige and neutralized the entire room. Amazing....I was a little scared when it first went up because while it was still wet it looked greenish. However, now that it is dry, I can say it is really nice. In some light it looks a little gray and in other light it looks a little tan. This color is the answer to the "what grey can you do with golden oak floors or wood molding" question. The painter is 75 percent done. I will post pics when he is done. Then perhaps everyone here can help me choose an accent color for the room!...See MoreFireplace part II -- what color to paint the brick?
Comments (20)Paint samples are on the brick, and it's down to Revere Pewter and Balboa Mist. I much preferred the more gray beige over the more brown tones. (romy718, Revere Pewter is lovely in your room!) Practigal, the fireplace is purely decorative. It originally held a gas heater, so it's not deep enough to burn wood anyway; we capped the chimney when the brick mortar started to fall apart, and we capped the gas line to that part of the house when they detected a tiny leak, so we couldn't use it even if we wanted to. It is kind of weird to pick a paint without the context of other decor. I do have a rug that's going in the room, so I'm referring to it. The furniture that's going in that room now is the leftover reject material from the rest of the house. I want to put in some cozy Craftsman style seating--maybe a Morris chair and a rocker--but that will have to wait until the bank account recovers. So I'm just going to pick the best color I can for now. I can always repaint it later. The corbels arrived (I don't know if ArchitecturalDepot.com is always that fast, but they got it to me overnight when I paid for three-day shipping) and I'm working on finding stain to match the mantel. I'll get back this next week--we spent today moving stuff out of storage, and I've got boxes to put away. But it's so cool to see the progress. Oh, and my husband's reaction was a sort of bemused resignation. This isn't the first time I've jumped head-first into a project without consulting him. Sometimes this goes very well; other times it's a disaster. He asked me today if it was too soon to tease me about the bookcases (which I purchased from Ikea and assembled before we realized I had measured wrong and they wouldn't fit in the space--and that therefore required some pretty major engineering to make work). (I told him yes, it was too soon. Way too soon.) The fireplace looks to be not only a success but also one that doesn't require any effort on his part, and as he's teaching an accelerated summer chemistry course and has almost no spare time, that's a win!...See MoreWhat color would you paint inside brick fireplace?
Comments (5)Clean first. Wire brush, a lot of elbow grease..not sure the suggested solvent for this application. If not in use..a decision on the effect you want to give has to be made. Black would make it LOOK like it is used, white would eliminate a black hole.... I wiped mine down best I could then put a mirror in the back wall. Candles are all I burned in it....See Morejessi1213
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