This is especially true on brick chimneys.
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Your house may still even look great for four or five years.
Picking up on a dark tone instead will cause your alcoves to recede visually and the overall effect will look more dramatic.
They were untouched and primed for us to experiment on with different chimney breast and alcove ideas.
A brick chimney is masonry and like all masonry it is porous.
A quick way to bring an old brick fireplace into the current decade is to paint it a bold color.
However it may begin to look a little shabby on the chimney top as it blisters or bubbles up.
Look through painted chimney breast photos in different colors and styles.
For something unexpected use a high gloss or metallic shade if you have adventurous taste and are drawn to primary colors go with bright yellow electric blue or cherry red for impact.
The real problems are hiding beneath the painted surface as the paint may be.
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That means it will soak up paint readily and makes an ideal surface to be painted.
Paint alcoves in a pale shade that ties into the design to reduce their visual depth and create more of a classic look.
With 4 rooms of this house having chimney breasts i got lots of opportunity to try different ways of decorating them so in this post i want to share 10 chimney breast ideas to help get you inspired for ways to decorate yours.
Wallpapering just the chimney breast is a classic approach.