Brick fireplace wall

Show them you care by building any of these beautiful fireplaces!

Casey O'Neal gave her whole brick wall a farmhouse makeover! The photo above is what it looked like before... Casey used the paint called Peppercorn by Sherwin Williams on the bricks! It's a dark grey

Fireplaces can offer both comfort and fantastic architectural detail. That said, some are definitely more aesthetically pleasing than others, and they can be hard (not to mention expensive!) to make over. That’s why we can’t help but get excited when we see a fireplace reno done right.These 10 brick fireplace transformations, all from real homeowners who have upgraded or refurbished their dated hearths, show how they can become truly eye-catching focal points with some clever DIYs.

Life update: We bought a house and moved in at the end of January! It was easier said than done, as our closing date got moved last minute and blah blah,typical house buying drama. But the importan…

I show a LOT of ugly houses. (Did I mention that I’m a real estate agent?! more about that here) Almost every ugly house (and many perfectly nice houses) have dark, dingy, dirty brick firepla…

Our family room has a very large brick fireplace wall. Does anyone have suggestions for updating it. I have heard white wash and stone veneer. I'm leaning more towards stone veneer but open to other suggestions.

We recently moved into a new house and the fireplace was not our style. If you’re considering a brick fireplace makeover DIY, then you probably know what I’m talking about. A fireplace can be a beautiful focal point in a living room, but outdated brick fireplaces tend to be more of an eyesore. #fireplace #diy

Earlier this year I introduced you to the guys from Rafterhouse. Rafterhouse is a company here in Phoenix that does the most jaw-dropping home remodels I've ever seen. Its like Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, but better. You can see my first time I shared their work here. They recently finished a new home and I just had to show it off. Here's how the property looked before. Here's what it looks like now. Sometimes they'll add to what is existing, but in this case, they ripped off the roof…

OK, OK, let’s get this taken care of right off the bat. When some of you saw this title, you either said to yourself, “Nooooo! Never paint stone!” or you thought, “Well, of course I’m going to paint it!” I really think that painting an outdated-looking brick wall or fireplace can modernize the space while keeping the…