Painting a Brick Fireplace With Chalk Paint®

by Cindy Gazso

We painted our outdated red and black brick fireplace and built in bookshelves with Chalk Paint®. The soft grey grout was in pristine condition and since we didn't want a "rolled on" look, we painted each brick individually with Country Grey Chalk Paint® which really added texture. The mantel is painted in Graphite Chalk Paint® and distressed a bit. The built-ins and cabinets are French Linen Chalk Paint® and walls are Country Grey.
The transformation was a pleasure to do and Chalk Paint® was awesome to work with.

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painting a brick fireplace with chalk paint, concrete masonry, fireplaces mantels, home decor, painting, The fireplace is bright clean and modern The mantel painted in Graphite Chalk Paint really makes a bold statement We painted the metal surround with Rust oleum High Heat Paint

The fireplace is bright, clean and modern. The mantel painted in Graphite Chalk Paint® really makes a bold statement. We painted the metal surround with Rust-oleum High Heat Paint.

painting a brick fireplace with chalk paint, concrete masonry, fireplaces mantels, home decor, painting, The built in bookshelves and cabinetry is painted French Linen Chalk Paint and completely changed the look of the room

The built in bookshelves and cabinetry is painted French Linen Chalk Paint® and completely changed the look of the room.

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Kim Rassi on Aug 07, 2017

I have a Finnish Fireplace, very rare... the heated air is circulated behind the brick making the brick heat up pretty high which warms your room by radiant heat. Also known as a masonry heater. My question is about painting the bricks. With the bricks getting very warm will painting them affect their ability to heat up, and will it create a smell or fire hazard?https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1890132098/?tag=hearthamazon-20

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Kathy on Jan 22, 2018

I'm in California but really like the transformation. I have a brick fireplace with gas insert an I so want to brighten up. How did you get started?

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Linda White on May 31, 2018

I used black chalk paint on my old red brick …. it looks great but am wanting to change it to white so I can keep original painted walls vs repainting. Can I use white chalk paint over the black chalk?

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