![]() I used paper dishes to create the paste since I ruined my own bowl initially since it stuck all inside. ![]() This is a little tedious since the plaster does dry so fast.but you don’t want to make big portions of this and then have it all dry up on you. This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Materials to get the vintage look for your bricks So, I went with option B and used some Plaster of Paris that I had in the garage, and then of course had to run back out to the store and buy another container to finish. I did not want to totally cover the bricks since they were already white washed, but I wanted to at least give them that “sloppy” effect of a white mortar appearance. Now I had two options I could run to the store and buy grout or I could plaster the gap and create almost a “German schmere” look without really being German schmere, if that makes any sense lol. So, the light bulb moment happened and I knew that I needed to grout my brick. It was so crisp looking and neat that it always felt so modern…or should I say dated and still feeling 1980’s or me, even with it’s white wash appearance. I mean it was white washed and already had a fireplace makeover, so why did it not look like all those other beautifully white washed brick fireplaces and facades? Then instantly the other day while making over this room it dawned on me, I did not have a grouted brick. So, let’s start by talking about how I always thought my brick looked “strange” and never could quite put my finger on it until recently. Well, that’s where I’m at, and I think I have been leaning more and more towards vintage lately, then ever. Either you live in an old house or you’re trying to turn your cookie cutter home to feel vintage. So, if you’re like me then you love anything that’s old and has character. Now, this won’t be the first time I’ve updated this fireplace, you can see how it all started here with our white wash and creating a mantel, then the second time I white washed it, and now the ultimate vintage brick look. ![]() If you all stopped by last week, then you saw our Vintage Cottage Style Living Room Reveal! Part of that reveal was to give the fireplace a new face-lift. The Easy brick fireplace makeover to achieve that vintage brick look.
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