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Written by Paula Clayton
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Monday, 19 April 2010 10:40 |
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OK - so it might seem a little strange & backwards, but it actually worked out easier this way.
Someone else had painted the brick this off-white color. Which worked for them, but the current home owners wanted it to be brick again. And believe it or not it can be a lot easier & less yucky and money-consuming to just fake it with paint.
Drats, and apologies, I didn't get 'before' pics of these to show you the difference.
This is the fireplace - the mantle and bricks had all been the same off-white.
 
Terry adding more red.
And one wall of the family room, first all the red & ochre colors. Then a wash of a darker brown to pick out the texture a bit more.
Finally the tedious tedious part of painting in all those mortar lines.
And what a hoot - it worked! Yeah, yeah, we knew it would, but it's still always a fun surprise: the clever tricks you can achieve by simply playing around with paint.
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