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We are debating on whether to paint our fireplace or not. This topic makes some of you cringe and some of you giddy. We get that. We are on the fence right now. Here's the reason why we're thinking about doing it and the pros and cons for taking the plunge.
Reason: Our living room is dark. We have one source of light...a large sliding glass door to the covered patio. Since the patio is covered, not too much light gets in. Which is good because it never gets too hot in our house, but bad because then we don't get a lot of natural light in the room. As you can see in the photo, the fireplace takes up almost the whole main wall in the room and it's dark brick.
Pro's:
- It will brighten up the space.
- It is the cheapest, quickest, "easiest" solution.
- I think it will modernize a somewhat dated fireplace.
- A painted fireplace will be easier to dust and clean than the way it is now. Anything you dust with now just gets snagged and caught on the scraggly brick. I feel like the paint will make it "smoother."
- It's permanent. If we end up hating it...we can't go back.
- It might be too much white in the room. Since that wall is almost completely fireplace, it might overwhelm the room.
- White fireplace will probably show dirt more, but see Pro above related to dusting and cleaning.
By the way...I think a white fireplace at Christmas time would look amazing!...Right? And I think we'd keep the mantle wood...just another btw. Oh and we have new curtains to hang on an actual curtain rod...imagine that! We're gettin all adultified in the living room.
Everyone has referred me here - Young House Love. Check out the last room's before and after pics (the one with all brick and paneling walls). Pretty much amazing...right?
Have you taken the plunge? Were you scared? Did you regret it? Want to send me your before and after pics???
2 comments:
Well, here is my 2 cents worth...since you are asking. I would PAINT away! I agree that it will lighten up the room a ton. My concern would be the contrast of the white with the current color of the room. In several of the pics on Young House Love they have more neutral wall colors to help the fireplace blend with the room. Are you up for painting the whole room???
Our walls are actually a beige/khaki color and all the baseboards are white. I guess the badly lit photo does make the walls have a weird yellow glow. And there’s a lamp just out of the shot on the left making it extra “glowy” over there. I’d take a picture with natural light…but I can’t! Oh and the wall opposite the fireplace is a green like the curtains. We like accent walls ;-)
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