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Foiled Fireplace | Magic Brush
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Foiled fireplace

We faux finished this ordinary white fireplace in a client's master bedroom recently. Yeah, I know.....I'd love to have a fireplace in my bedroom too! Groovy.... I failed to get any pictures of the different steps".....but I will tell ya what we did. We painted the whole thing black.... then…
August 11, 2011
Cream Fireplace | Magic Brush
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Glaze that WHITE fireplace!!!!!

One of the simplest, yet most dramatic, changes we make to many family rooms is painting fireplaces...... We just worked on this fireplace last week. We changed it from boring white... to a warm glazed beauty...... Ahhhhhhhhhh.....What a difference a little cream glaze makes! You can learn this same cream…
November 8, 2010
Stained Concrete Fireplace | Magic Brush
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World’s prettiest concrete fireplace?

This was my wonderful client Mary's fireplace BEFORE.... While pretty....it just lacked OOMPH! We did this textured faux finish in the niches flanking the fireplace. And stained the gorgeous detail on the concrete fireplace. The stain just makes the details POP! (after) Isn't it pretty? It makes think of my…
August 20, 2010
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Glazing a concrete fireplace

We seem to work in a lot of homes that have these concrete fireplaces in them. Several years ago, they were being put in most of our new construction homes. They are gorgeous and expensive..... but sometimes the concrete can feel "cool". In an attempt to make them feel "warmer",…
October 7, 2009