Fireplace How To

Several people have asked how we redid the fireplace, so here is the low down:

Supplies needed:

- Masonry primer: Easily found at Lowes for about $20 a can. It took a whole can to cover our fireplace because so much of it soaks into the brick. Make sure you get a masonry primer because it seals the brick for the next coat of paint

-Paint: Any interior paint will work once the brick has been primed. We used a semi-gloss finish.

- Good painters tape: Again, found at Lowes for about $5 a roll.

- 1/2" thick paint rollers: You'll need the thicker napped roller to make the painting easier and to fill in all the crevices of the brick

- Drip cloths/paint brushes/etc.

- Spray Paint: The kind that adheres to metal.

Total cost of everything for us was around $80.

Steps:

1) Prep the fireplace
- Remove brass fireplace grate
- Pull off old mantle
- Clean off brick
- Tape off edges
- Lay drop cloths, etc.

2) Prime the fireplace
- It only took one coat for us

3) Paint the fireplace
- Again, just one coat was all it took

4) Spray paint the old brass fireplace grate

5) Wait for everything to dry =)

6) Put new black grate back on
- We had looked at purchasing a brand new grate, but the cheapest ones we could find (that we liked) were $300. So we just decided that we would go with the old one...made new with a $6 can of spray paint!

7) Put mantle back on
- If you aren't able to remove the mantle like we were, just tape the edges really well.

And there you have it folks, a simple 1 1/2 day project for under $100 that makes a big difference!

By the way, HGTV...if you are reading this...I would LOVE my own show =)

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