Hate That Brick Fireplace" 12 Ways to Make It Look Better
Your brick fireplace is a dependable source of heat and, if it?s wood-burning, also helps keep your heating costs low. But the outdated design may have become an eyesore, and years of soot can make it look even worse. We found several ways to make your brick fireplace look better ? much, much better. Taco […]The post Hate That Brick Fireplace" 12 Ways to Make It Look Better appeared first on Freshome.com.
Your brick fireplace is a dependable source of heat and, if it?s wood-burning, also helps keep your heating costs low. But the outdated design may have become an eyesore, and years of soot can make it look even worse. We found several ways to make your brick fireplace look better ? much, much better.This taco quartz tile fireplace is warm and inviting. Image: ARJAY Builders Taco quartz tileOne way to update your fireplace is by covering it with tile. “Because tile requires a smooth surface, though, and brick is anything but, you will need to use a cement backer board,” advises J.B. Sassano, president of Mr. Handyman. “This handy invention allows you to skip the torturous task of adding layers of mortar to create a level surface on which the tile can attach,” he tells Freshome. “Instead, you attach the tile to the board and the board to the fireplace.”Porcelain tile can mimic natural wood. Image: Walker & Moody ArchitectsPorcelain tileShayla Copas of Shayla Copas Interiors in Little Rock, AK tells Freshome that floor-to-c...
Your brick fireplace is a dependable source of heat and, if it?s wood-burning, also helps keep your heating costs low. But the outdated design may have become an eyesore, and years of soot can make it look even worse. We found several ways to make your brick fireplace look better ? much, much better.This taco quartz tile fireplace is warm and inviting. Image: ARJAY Builders Taco quartz tileOne way to update your fireplace is by covering it with tile. “Because tile requires a smooth surface, though, and brick is anything but, you will need to use a cement backer board,” advises J.B. Sassano, president of Mr. Handyman. “This handy invention allows you to skip the torturous task of adding layers of mortar to create a level surface on which the tile can attach,” he tells Freshome. “Instead, you attach the tile to the board and the board to the fireplace.”Porcelain tile can mimic natural wood. Image: Walker & Moody ArchitectsPorcelain tileShayla Copas of Shayla Copas Interiors in Little Rock, AK tells Freshome that floor-to-c...
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