That means it will soak up paint readily and makes an ideal surface to be painted.
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It is so porous that the best way to apply paint.
Your house may still even look great for four or five years.
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.
Paint alcoves in a pale shade that ties into the design to reduce their visual depth and create more of a classic look.
A freshly painted brick house looks great when you first complete it.
Picking up on a dark tone instead will cause your alcoves to recede visually and the overall effect will look more dramatic.
A quick way to bring an old brick fireplace into the current decade is to paint it a bold color.
A brick chimney is masonry and like all masonry it is porous.
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Wallpapering just the chimney breast is a classic approach.
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.