Bright and Beautiful - Summer Fireplace Remodel

I thought I would let you see what was sent to me this past week by a nice lady Glenda who found my blog. 

"I am so happy that I ran across your blog when I was researching “painting brick fireplaces” I was so impressed with the reviews and pictures from your customers that I decided to try it myself. The kit came very quickly, which was good, so I didn’t have time to chicken out. The video was very helpful and so was the representative I spoke with when I had a question. 

I am a 72 year old woman and I completed the project all by myself in a weekend! I can’t tell you enough how pleased I am with the results. My family room was dark anyway since I had a sunroom addition put on, and the dark brick fireplace didn’t help.

I chose the Twilight Taupe which matches my carpeting perfectly. The newly finished fireplace really brightens up the room. My friends and family are amazed at the difference and one family member immediately ordered the kit to refinish his fireplace. His was a 17 foot brick wall fireplace, so he ended up using 2 kits."

For more fireplace ideas check out this incredible website. Fireplaces.net

Once An Eyesore, Now A Beautiful Centerpiece

We just bought our house a year ago, and we never liked the heavy red brick fireplace in the family room.  After exploring many different options, I had decided on a design that was going to cost me about $1500.  THEN, I stumbled across this blog. We viewed all the information and we decided to give it a try.  It took a weekend to complete, and was actually fun to do, we were very impressed with the results.  All our friends comment on how nice it looks, especially those who saw it before.  We're very pleased, and have already referred several friends and coworkers to the product.  We wanted to share with you our photo's because you are the reason we found this amazing paint!

If you have a masonry style fireplace or brick walls that you consider an eyesore, I would highly recommend trying this before trying to tear out your old brick or just using plain old paint.

Notes: 

Spend some good time taping all edges off

Clean the surfaces very well (vacuum, wet rag, etc) I recommend brick cleaner

Consider existing design elements when deciding what kind of look you’re after.  

Three paint themed colors (matte finish so it looks just like brick) to choose from.

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Guest Comment by Home Inspector Websites

My Brick Painted Fireplace is Stunning!

I painted the fireplace brick with an amazing matte finished paint kit and it  took me less than a day. The truly amazing part is that it doesn’t look painted – it looks like completely new bricks – just like the DVD said. Our floors are covered in Berber carpet and porcelain tile, and now the fireplace blends right in instead of sticking out like the red brick sore thumb it used to be. The creators of the paint kit have done a great job coming up with just the right combination of colors and application techniques. We wished we’d done this years ago! We ordered the Twilight Taupe color theme kit and it was like using a magic kit! 

Thank you,

Carin W.

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