How to fix it . The white painted area is uneven.
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We have the tiles & tried to install it b does not look even !
You have to even out the wall first. You may need to remove the white uneven part and replace it with cement board.
http://www.laughingabi.com/prepping-fireplace-walls-tile/
http://anythingologyblog.blogspot.ca/2011/01/fireplace-remodel-1-how-to-do-drywall.html
Measure from bottom to top and mark what the correct height should be. Run painters tape across the mark straight across . Do the same with the sides and see if that evens it out.
the one guarantee in renovating anything is this; Nothing, and I mean absolutely NOTHING is ever plumb/straight! Measure and level for eye line and work from there.
I would first use a level on what is already there, and then run a level line to start my first line of tile. I would faux paint any area to fill in the dark color of the tile to make it appear level on top row of old tile. A straight edge and a pencil is your friend. Draw lines till it looks right. It might help to repaint the tan around the leveled area where the tile won't be in a straight line so you can see the correct squared area.
Then if the wall itself is textured, I would mud it, and level it before I add the tiles.
Yes! get a level (you know that thing with the bubble in it) If your floor is crooked then you'll never get the tiles straight without a level.
Get the level quick!