I am in love with every single bit of this brick fireplace and mantle! Once again I have redone my fireplace and this, my friends is my favorite so far! I have always struggled a bit with my fireplace and now I can show it with pride!
This is what my fireplace and mantel looked like before. I had white washed it and I liked how it turned out at the time, but as time went on I was still not in love with it. Since the fireplace was such a big part of my living room I really wanted to lighten it up. After going back and forth for a while I finally decided that in order in really lighten it up I need to just paint the whole thing white. I always wanted to add a little more texture and this is where the fun part came in. I did not want to break the bank or damage the wall too bad. With those things in mind I headed to my second home, Home Depot.
This is what I came up with:
I decided to use 3M Scotch Outdoor Mounting Tape
and this Underlayment
Which I had a good man at Home Depot cut for me in 6inch by 81 inch strips. I love that they are so helpful!
I put a bit of the mounting tape on before ends and one piece in the middle and I started to attach them to wall stacking one on top of the other. I used a nickel in between each plank to make sure they were evenly spaced.
After all the underlayment was attached the wall I painted the edges before adding the trim pieces, only because I was to excited to see how it would look painted. I used a clean looking trim piece and I did mitered corners to make the trim look more professional. Mitered corners can be hard but there are a ton of different tutorials and YouTube videos out there to help make it easier, but I think there are worth the time and effort.
I did use a nail gun to tack down the trim piece and that also helped hold the underlayment in place as well. But I only used a few nails because like I said I was trying my best to avoid a ton of different nail holes on the wall. These small nail holes are really easy to fill if I decide to remove the planks down the road.
After all the wood working stuff was done I painted the fireplace and mantel with Swiss Coffee by Behr Paint. This is the perfect creamy white.
You can see here that, using a nickel to space out the wood planks. Its nice because you are sure to see the space between each piece, even after they’re painted.
I got this cute deer head from White Faux Taxidermy. Mallory has the same one and you can see how she cute hers is in her Living Room Reveal.
I am head over heels in LOVE with my fireplace now! What are your thoughts? Do you love of hate the white?!
I would love to get some feedback. Love you all!
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14 Comments
Kristin @ The Gold Project
October 16, 2014 at 2:16 pmBeautiful job! I absolutely love this. It added so much to your fireplace. Now, I am thinking something like this would look great at my house too. 😉
Bethany
October 16, 2014 at 5:46 pmI LOVE it! You have definitely transformed the fireplace! 🙂
Tatum
October 16, 2014 at 6:39 pmLove love love love love!! It almost feels as though you brought the outside, in. Very homey! And lots of great texture going on.
Lolly Jane
October 17, 2014 at 1:39 amGorgeous. Invite us over to see it in person!
XO
heather @french press
October 17, 2014 at 8:05 pmabsolutely STUNNING! now I just need a fireplace
Virginia Fynes
October 18, 2014 at 7:22 amWhat an awesome transformation!!! LOVE it!
Layne
October 21, 2014 at 11:45 amFabulous! I LOVE how it looks – beautiful.
Kelley
October 21, 2014 at 4:44 pmOMG this mantle is perfection!! I love it!
rebecca lopez
November 5, 2014 at 12:53 pmIt turned out so great! xoxoxo I love how it looks!
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Paul Philips
June 14, 2017 at 12:44 pmThis is great. Wonderful job you have done. Keep it up.
Steven Brosius
September 24, 2018 at 1:49 amHi, your white brick fireplace looks awesome. Nice idea. Thanks for sharing.
Andrew Mendel
May 31, 2019 at 12:48 pmI am a huge fan of the white fireplace. Thanks for putting this together, you really covered everything!