by Leslie D
Faux Marble Family Room Fireplace Re-Do
We took an outdated 80's fireplace, stripped and started over. My husband built a surround out of MDF and used Fiberglass to reinforce and smooth out edges. We changed the fireplace out to firetubes and used fire glass instead of gas logs, and I coated the surround in white venetian plaster, tinting it for multiple layers to give the look of carerra marble, then used a feather to add veining. It's polished and shines like marble, and is even cool to the touch, and I even fooled one of my subs who handles marlble and granite every day.
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Kelly Son Jun 17, 2012There's fake painting and then there's faux painting. It's looks marvelous my dear, simply maaarrrvelous.
Alexis Middletonon Aug 12, 2014WOW! I'm impressed. What an amazing job on the faux finish.
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