Painting Tile Fireplace Surround

The painted fireplace evokes all the values of the old world hearth while honoring the need to maintain one s home within modern sensibilities.

Painting tile fireplace surround. We were dealing with some serious orangey oak and peach faux marble here. A wash of white paint suggests an updated new england abode while mediterranean blues yellows and ruby hues add cheer and worldly savvy to a gathering spot. How to paint a tile fireplace. Easy to apply or commission the painted.

Plus learn how to easily paint stained wood with low voc products. Honestly i was worried that if the paint didn t adhere well i would end up with a big mess on my hands and then have to deal. Once i placed the roller on the tile there would be no going back. How to paint tile surrounding a fireplace.

If the tile had been a lighter color two coats would have been sufficient. This surround is not going to have to stand up to a lot of wear and tear but i wanted to mimic a tile feel and enamel paint is pretty close. One disadvantage of choosing marble is that the natural stone is heavy and expensive to replace. One alternative to replacement is to paint over the marble.

This took three coats of paint. Then i poured some primer into the painting tray took a deep breath and went to work rolling it onto the tile. Transform your fireplace on a tight budget with this easy step by step tutorial on how to paint your fireplace surround and tile. It was screaming for a full on makeover if you re only looking to fix your tile surround then skip on to 4 now if you search the internets there are a gazillion posts about painting fireplaces i wrote one about whitewashing our brick fireplace last year and differing advice about what paint to use.

Crisp white paint relaxed the fireplace s formal profile which now pops against a wall that was clad with salvaged wood. Learn how to tile a fireplace. This post is sponsored by kilz. How to paint tile easy fireplace paint makeover giving our living room electric fireplace surround hearth and mantel a total makeover has been in the plans for a while it s in great shape we love the size of it and the design of the mantel but the colors were pretty boring and not as bright and stylish as i wanted.

Gray and green tiling on the surround adds a wonderful accent color to the natural color scheme of the design and helps unite it with the pillows and rugs used in the room. I took a few deep breaths before i started priming. If the tile surrounding the fireplace is old dingy or out of date it. A marble fireplace surround adds visual appeal to an area of a home that attracts attention.

But still i was a little hesitant to take the drastic step of painting over the tile even though i painted the brick fireplace surround in our last home black and loved it for some reason the fact that this surround was tile was really shaking my confidence.