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Hello!

My slow living room makeover continues…

I realized I never posted about a change I made last fall that made all the difference for me.  So, better late than never right?

Since the day we moved into our house about 5 years ago, I’ve wanted to paint the brick wall in our living room.  My husband however did not.  In fact, it is the one thing in the house I am not allowed to touch. 

It just screamed 70’s brick black hole to me, and so I’ve come up with ways to hide it as much as possible – paint the mantle white, add white shutters, add a brass fire screen, etc.  Anything to bounce light around the living room. 

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Last summer we took a little weekend getaway and stayed in downtown Pittsburgh, and as we were walking around, I noticed something that all “good” brick has in common…

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good brick…

did you see it? The grout is light. The bricks can be different colors, old, new, whitewashed, but the real difference is in the grout.  So I convinced my husband to let me paint just the grout. Here’s a video of the process…

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I’m not going to lie, it was tedious, but certainly not hard.  I ruined two tiny brushes (a craft brush like this will work), but it took less than a pint of General Finishes Millstone Milk Paint, so it was an inexpensive project. 

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Look at what a difference a little paint makes!  Now, if I had it my way, I would also whitewash the bricks, but we are working with compromise here, so I’ll take it!

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What a difference it makes on that wall!

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Now to finish off the ceiling!!

Blessings!

Jenni