Fireplace Redo

Leland and I hated that our family room's brick fireplace was painted white. At first it had two brick columns that went all the way up to the ceiling. Leland knocked those down a while ago, but we still didn't know what to do with our fireplace. We thought we would either cover the fireplace with wood or replace the rest of the brick with tile and wood; however, neither of these options would provide our family room with color or contrast. So, we decided to paint the brick. We found a very helpful blog here. It looks sandblasted right? We actually just painted those bricks and put a white, wood mantel up. I love the color of the bricks against the blue of the wall. We just have to paint where Leland knocked down some more bricks (easy), put wood trim around the bottom (easy), and decorate (my favorite part)!!!!!!

So, be prepared to see another complete picture in a bit!

Before:

After:

Lucy and Jack were very excited. They colored a picture to decorate the mantel.
Can you imagine cute knit stockings hanging on this fireplace? I can!