Painting A Pine Fireplace White

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Painting a pine fireplace white.

Paint the mantel with an oil based white primer and a paintbrush or paint roller. Knotty pine paneling is an inexpensive material that works great for creating a rustic log cabin feel. The oil based primer will cover any soot stains or discolouration on the mantel and prevent them from showing through the white paint. Whether cool and crisp or soft and warm white walls are one color trend that s never going out of style.

Since fireplaces are often a focal feature in a room you can have fun painting it with specialty paints faux finishes or matching the paint color to artwork above the fireplace. Was tired of my old dark fireplace before throwing it out the house though i ll paint it a brighter colour. Painting a wooden fireplace or fireplace mantel is no different from painting other wood trim in your house. The ultimate neutral white won t clash with your vibrantly patterned area rug or take focus away from your gallery of colorful.

5 make it. We decided to paint our fireplace white. Apply two coats of white latex paint to the fireplace mantel when the primer is dry. A favorite in every room of the house white and off white paint colors offer a blank canvas allowing you to layer in color through furniture and accessories.

If the knotty pine has been covered with polyurethane you ll probably need to use an oil based primer first because a latex primer won t stick well to the polyurethane surface. Paint was bought from wilko satin moonlight. While the whitewashed brick was a vast improvement from the dated orange brick within a year or so i began to dislike the whitewash effect which left. About her fireplace makeover anna says after debating for over a year i finally took the plunge and painted our brick fireplace.

It can be an extremely cost effective way to get a major wow factor in your home. Using a mixture of white latex paint and water you can read all about the process here i whitewashed the eighties out of my brick fireplace my fireplace after whitewashing the brick. Was a bold decision but the red brink really dated our house so we thought we d freshen it up a bit. Bottom line painting a brick fireplace white is a lengthly process but so worth it if you re looking to brighten up your space.