Great job Ricky!! I love how whitewashing can preserve natural look of brick, but help change up the tone to fit better with personal decor preference! Solid tutorial Thanks!
Thank you!! I just did this over the weekend. I kept enough of the Adobe block showing through to keep the character, but toned down the orange tone completely. My living room looks 20 years newer! Bye-bye 1980s! Took me less than an hour and since I had leftover wall paint to use it didn’t cost me a dime!
Thanks for the video! Love the look. Like an old French farmhouse. Will be doing this to mine. I absolutely hate painted brick, but this look enhances the brick as far as I'm concerned.
Amazing Job !!! You have motivated me and gave me the confidence “ I can do this” I’m headed to the hardware store now. I’m going to clean the fireplace tonight and hopefully whit wash it tomorrow 😀 Thank you for this wonderful video 🤗
Ok so over the past few days I have completed the Whitewash on my fire 🔥 place 🤗 I was scared 😱 it wasn’t going to turn out as well as yours did . However I must say “ it looks AMAZING” !!! I wish I new how to up load a photo for all your viewers. It did take me two days first day about 4 hours and 2nd day about 4 hours including cleanup . Thank you again for being a inspiration 🙏
What a great video. The very best I’ve seen so far; it covered everything I want to apply to my fireplace project. Thank you!!! Also it was the last video I needed to watch to give me that boost to start!!
I painted my fireplace white and it looked terrible. Your tip on using a sponge and a darker color made all the difference in the world. I love it now!
@@ValerieGagne97 I didn't rewatch the video but he said if it's already painted, he will give you some pointers at the end of the video. For me it took playing around with a different color to really make it look nice.
My house was built in the 60’s and I’m changing all the flooring out to light tan ceramics. I can’t wait to whitewash the fireplace to go with the new light interior! I also have a brick entryway, but those bricks appear shiny like there’s a sealant on it. How can I get that off or paint over it without risking it being ruined by foot traffic?
This video was great, thank you! I painted our ugly red brick fireplace a dark brown 8 years ago, but I'd like it more distressed. I think white wash will do just the trick to update it a bit. Can't wait to try it out! ♥
Very simple step-by-step instructions. I used this technique with a 3 parts water to 1 part paint and like the light cover. However, it looks a little "chalky." Any suggestions to make it look more..."permanent" and less chalky?
I tried to move my brick fireplace to the garage to avoid breathing paint fumes, and then my house collapsed. I used a 1:4 paint to water ratio, which has a nice translucency.
I tried this method and now my fireplace looks horrible 😢 i wish i would of used chalk paint instead of latex paint the latex paint wont come off the brick no matter how much i scrub and i dont want to use a paint stripper because of the strong chemical fumes.
Why would you deface beautiful brickwork like that? A very skilled bricklayer spent a lot of time doing that, and (almost) anybody can put up drywall. And don't give me the "the room is too dark and wanted to lighten it up" crap. Paint the walls a lighter colour. You can always repaint the wall but you can't get the exposed brick look back.
