How to German Schmear a Fireplace 

Hey ladies! I just wanted to drop by and thank you so much for this video. I am the most anti-diy person on the planet and with your instructions even I was able to pull this off! The results were exactly as I expected and I'm so happy with my new fireplace!

Oh Ash, I'm so happy for you! This looks so good, total night and day. It made the room come alive. Great job as always!

Perfect and it looks great.

Ohh man, this IS my favorite project you’ve done! Not that I don’t love the others, but it’s not only my style or rustic, while yes modern but comforting (if that makes sense?) but the impact for some short change really is huge! I’ve seen hgtv showing off the German’s technique of shmearing stone and even brick but, like most often, they refuse to reveal HOW! Thank you, there’s so many outdated homes with hideous old fashioned stoned or ugly bricked walls, fireplaces, etc. but I think this method would make even the ugliest 70’s stonework look like that heart warming effect that German Shmear gives!!! Thanks ladies, fantastic project and for barely an afternoon and a small cost compared to ripping stone out and starting over with new Sheetrock etc., etc., hell even compared to other builds, phenomenal results for so little work and cost!!! Btw, this white tile mortar you used, is it truly water proof or shall I ask weather/outdoors resistant or does an outside shmear require different mortar, concrete, cement? I’m planning on building, in my backyard, a playground/lounge area for my two spoiled Aussies and as much as I love wood I think perhaps parts of the build would be amazing with cheap brick or stone and then German Shmeared to fit my taste and hopefully🤞🏼 hyper, herding dog durable lmao 🤟🏼

Love this, so happy I found this video. I’m going to try it. 😍

Looks so much better than before. Love it!! Good job!

Love it!!! Great great video and best explanation - uncomplicated - I have come across 👏🏻 👍🏻💖

This looks great!! I have been DYINGGG to German schmear my whole house but the thought of how long it will take makes me want to curl in a ball and cry!!

Gorgeous! I wish my parents would let me do this to the fireplace...it would be so beautiful!!!

Turned out great

AWESOME!

Do you recommend sealing it with anything to make it easier to clean?

Looks great, gives you the opportunity to be a bit bolder with your wall colour! Thanks for the vid, am going to try it on our bedroom fireplaces and then be brave and go for a wow factor in the wall paint colours.

How do you get the brush strokes out?

Looks great, ladies!!! I wana build a fireplace, now!!

Why mortar instead of paint? What is the difference? Thanks!

Hello ladies! Love this video and will try it. I have to strip the polyU off my dark dated 70’s stone fireplace, that’s some work, lol. I’m wondering how do you clean any soot off? Just hot soapy water????? We use our fireplace a lot in the winter as a heating element in our mountain home. Thanks for such a wonderful video too! 😘😘😘✌🏼

What do you think the benefit is in using the mortar as opposed to just using paint? It looks great girls! Another WIN!

I live in Texas near Dallas and have a similar stone FP but with a brick and mortar surround around the hearth. I’m definitely going to do this project to my FP. I want a wood block mantel like that too though!

Looks great!

Love it! You girls are killing it, as usual.

Love it!!

Love this girls ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😘

You guy's did a awesome job I love it you guy's Rock :)

Amazing!

I’ve always seen German Schmear thicker, applied with a trowel. Did you purposely go in a different direction?

So jealous . American houses are so much bigger than our U.K ones . Makes me want to emigrate now . B.T.W love the look modern farmhouse effect. Keep up the good work xx

The television screen stuck in the midfle of it lololol

Is your fireplace real rock or stucco? We are wanting to do ours. Ours is stucco. I am wondering if we would follow these steps also.

Well done 👍

Cuanta claridad aporto al lugar! Son unas genias, sigan así!!

I absolutely love this!!! 🙌 Fantastic video!!! The vibe of your home is awesome as well 😃 What color are your walls??? They look like a perfect greige in the video

Did you make the shelves next to the fireplace? I love them! 😍

Where did you get your mantel? So beautiful

Wow. Those lashes.

Looks so good!! I am going to do my brick fireplace. Does it need to be sealed with anything?

What type of fireplace is this?

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schmear on kitchen island for complementary look?

How many bags of mortar did you buy?

I love how this turn it out! Quick question, I have some brick on the outside of my house. Would the Mortar be okay to use outdoors? Or does it need to be sealed?

Where did you get those couches?!

I like more stone showing it looks good.

Can this be used outdoors?

Can you use this product on the natural pitted tile for back-splash?

Would this work on brick?

Could also use a paint roller?

I did one of my fireplaces in Lime wash, which was just as easy and super cheap (I think I paid under $20 to do two huge fireplace surrounds of old adobe brick. The question I have for you is, did this motar technique produce a surface that is more washable and less stainable than Lime? I love the Lime wash look and cost, but I feel that my hearth gets stained super easy and every time I use the fireplace, the smoke is dirtying up the exterior a bit. It's a large pit area and the fire can get super hot and big. I'm wondering what the feel and porasity of the German Smear is like?

Love it!!! Question, if you know...I have a fireplace paint kit---which I know that someone else down the road of owners will not be able to adhere mortar for tile or granite. BUT, you used mortar to do this, so I'm thinking future owners (in my case) COULD mortar over the German Schmear. What does your experience tell you (I have zero experience) ALSO, I have brick. P.S. The fireplace paint kit has a base coat that blocks the brick, do it does not absorb the next few steps of paint.

Hi. Enjoy your vids. Have you tried using a paint roller ?

Couldn't you have just used white paint?

Well done girls can you please come to my house in the UK

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Looks better the other way..makes the room look dead

Better to ask for forgiveness than permission…..married 47 yrs….

You should have removed more of the schmear and exposed more of the stone...less mortar...would have looked better! This looks just white washed the stone.Doesn't look like authentic German Schmear!

Those lashes needs some white washing too!!

Looks nice but the voices were so high and irritating, I had to turn the sound off.

Fireplace looks great but those false eyelashes look ridiculous in you 2! Kind of looking Clowny!

This is a white wash, not even close to a German schmear.

Yikes, looked better before