“Anticlimactic” is the word best describing the white mantle over the boring beige tile of my cookie-cutter fireplace surround. Designers often refer to the fireplace as the focal point of the living ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fireplace too dark? Use our step-by-step guide to brighten it up and bring some life to your room. While some bricks are beautiful ...

Is your outdated brick fireplace dragging down your room? If you’ve been wondering how to paint a brick fireplace to give it a fresh, weathered look without the hassle—this is the post for you. I’m ...

Craving some color and warmth in her living room, @paintedfarmhouse painted her fireplace this beautiful moody blue color (Arabian Night by Sherwin-Williams). Notice the paint extends to the crown ...

Q: I would like to paint the brick and tile around my fireplace, which has a gas insert. I suspect it might involve different prep work and paint for each surface. How should we proceed? A: You face a ...

The fireplace should've been an architectural highlight of the living room, but instead it had faded into the background. The end result is dramatic to say the least. Dark and contrasting, the ...

♪♪ Kevin: On "Ask This Old House," our experts travel across the country to answer questions about your house. ♪♪ Today, Mauro will show you the right way to paint a fireplace. Then Jenn has enlisted ...

It's taken almost 40 years, but I think Marcia is finally starting to rub off on me, just a little. And that, as Martha Stewart might say, is a very good thing. We were discussing our latest project ...