They were untouched and primed for us to experiment on with different chimney breast and alcove ideas.
Painted brick chimney breast ideas.
With 4 rooms of this house having chimney breasts i got lots of opportunity to try different ways of decorating them so in this post i want to share 10 chimney breast ideas to help get you inspired for ways to decorate yours.
Paint alcoves in a pale shade that ties into the design to reduce their visual depth and create more of a classic look.
For something unexpected use a high gloss or metallic shade if you have adventurous taste and are drawn to primary colors go with bright yellow electric blue or cherry red for impact.
That means it will soak up paint readily and makes an ideal surface to be painted.
A brick chimney is masonry and like all masonry it is porous.
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A quick way to bring an old brick fireplace into the current decade is to paint it a bold color.
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It is so porous that the best way to apply paint.
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Wallpapering just the chimney breast is a classic approach.
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The real problems are hiding beneath the painted surface as the paint may be.
A freshly painted brick house looks great when you first complete it.
Picking up on a dark tone instead will cause your alcoves to recede visually and the overall effect will look more dramatic.
This is especially true on brick chimneys.
