Whether you paint it or whitewash it, fireplace brick can be accentuated by paint, also on cladding and overmantels. Mottled hues of fireplace brick are coordinated by a good coat of paint, while whitewashing brings out the rustic texture of brick. Fireplace makeover options include painting brick using a complementary gray in the opposite side of the colour wheel. A subtle approach uses shades of a single colour for the mantel, legs, filler panels, hearth and the crown close to the ceiling. Or, think about taupe-washed brick, enlivening the impartial hue by painting arbitrary, colorful patterns.
Whitewashed Brick Fireplace
To match the pastoral flair of fireplace brick, while downplaying its rusty red tones, consider whitewashing, a procedure which produces the bleached look of old brick. If the legs and header feature white wood, filler panels in whitewashed brick add a textured interplay of white tones. A raised hearth in whitewashed brick simulates the look of aged, weathered brickand mortar. To get a white overmantel, a window frame with whitewashed brick provides a visual link with whitewashed brick on the filler panels and hearth. The smooth, white tones of a mantel and overhead provide contrasting textures.
Complementary Gray Fireplace
Cream walls are offset by a fireplace and cladding painted in a gray with a purple undertone. A mantel shelf in blonde maple pulls from the walls’ yellow tone, as does a blonde maple mirror on the mantel. Under the hearth, Brazilian slate tile in cream adds to the yellow tones, which makes a visual connection with a gray fireplace when the tiles’ secondary hue is gray. A fireplace and cladding in green gray or blue gray is enlivened by an oak mantel and crown, or paint an overmantel in a contrasting colour, such as terra cotta.
Neutral Shades Fireplace
Colours of a neutral shade add depth to your fireplace and overmantel; the interplay of soft hues offsets the fireplace’s elements. When painted in a lighter shade of raw umber, a mantel, legs and header offset filler panels and a hearth in a darker shade of raw umber. The overmantel, also, provides an chance to update a fireplace via subtle, tonal contrast. From floor to ceiling, shades are linked by a frequent tone when a fireplace in light honey gold includes a darker shade of honey stone over the hearth, mantel and crown.
Taupe-Washed Fireplace
A taupe wash showcases the textural sophistication of a brick fireplace, permitting the bricks’ splotches and mottling to show through. A fireplace with a header, legs and a mantel in antique black contrasts with taupe-washed filler panel brick, and the colour scheme is restated in a hearth using taupe-and-red ceramic tiles. Or, think about painting arbitrary brick triads in auburn over a taupe-washed fireplace and cladding, then adding a distressed mantel in auburn milk paint. A finishing touch includes a mantel-top frame in distressed cherry.