Painting your brick fireplace a shade of beige or greige a cross between grey and beige is a great option to keep the contrast between the fireplace and wall while not having dark colors that can close up the space.
Dark grey painted brick fireplace.
Though this fireplace is actually limestone painted gray brick towers above creating a cohesive look.
I ve now painted several brick fireplaces with paint washes and you can see more of that on my instagram account.
White paint gives this brick fireplace a charming timeworn look.
One of the many perks of a dark grey fireplace is that the color hides dust and ash which showed on the natural concrete of our old fireplace.
To make the room cozier pair the gray painted walls with modern and colourful furniture.
I ve seen a lot of beautiful painted fireplace especially white ones but i decided on a more unusual dark grey because ours was smoke stained and i thought grey would easily hide any future soot while adding a dramatic focal point to our all white living area.
Clean architectural lines make for a modern backdrop.
Why that is i can t answer but it s something that can be remedied very easily with a grey paint wash or a white paint wash.
Unfortunately almost all houses have ugly fireplaces unless you built yourself.
A lighter color keeps things open and bright.
A dark dark fireplace grey hides soot and ash.
If we hadn t spotted that staining i might have been tempted to paint the brick teal because teal or maybe white to match the walls.