I ve seen a lot of beautiful painted fireplace especially white ones but i decided on a more unusual dark grey because ours was smoke stained and i thought grey would easily hide any future soot while adding a dramatic focal point to our all white living area.
Dark grey painted brick fireplace.
I ve now painted several brick fireplaces with paint washes and you can see more of that on my instagram account.
How to paint a brick fireplace.
If we hadn t spotted that staining i might have been tempted to paint the brick teal because teal or maybe white to match the walls.
Dark colours can be used to paint the fireplace s bricks when the room gets a lot of natural sunlight.
One of the many perks of a dark grey fireplace is that the color hides dust and ash which showed on the natural concrete of our old fireplace.
The rich gray hues offset the room s stark white walls and soaring windows.
To make the room cozier pair the gray painted walls with modern and colourful furniture.
Unfortunately almost all houses have ugly fireplaces unless you built yourself.
A lighter color keeps things open and bright.
Why that is i can t answer but it s something that can be remedied very easily with a grey paint wash or a white paint wash.
Though this fireplace is actually limestone painted gray brick towers above creating a cohesive look.
White paint gives this brick fireplace a charming timeworn look.