Friday, December 25, 2015
Friday, December 11, 2015
Hello!
Hello everyone.
Sorry I haven't written lately. I can't say it's because I haven't had time, in fact, I did start a post about a week ago and then I got busy decorating the house.
I don't know about you, but I'm the type of person who, if I'm not satisfied with the way something looks, I'm not satisfied until it's fixed to my satisfaction. Well, it was that way with our faux fireplace. It has a flat front, so making it look like a real fireplace was something I really wanted to find a way to do.
Dave didn't want to cut out a section of the wall because it's load bearing and he would have had to brace it. There was also an outlet, which would have meant moving wiring.
So, what did I do, I figured out how to draw and paint a 3-D picture that looked like the inside of a fireplace. Unfortunately, I wanted to do it with that textured paint, but one can didn't go as far as I had hoped, so I painted over that with black that I had on hand. Before I did any of that though, I covered over the grout/cement lines with painter's tape cut in small, skinny strips. Before the paint was completely dry and because I'm also an impatient person, I peeled the tape off and then let it dry more. I had bought some grey craft paint to paint in the grout/cement lines and then let it dry a little more before hanging it in the spot that would have been the interior of the fireplace. I screwed it in so that it would stay with screws that were dark enough to be unnoticed. We had bought those type of electric logs last year that light up but don't heat to put in front of the supposed to be opening, so now they look like they're sitting in the fireplace. It's not perfect, I made a couple minor mistakes and later on, I may change it, but right now I'm pretty satisfied with the way it looks. Here are a couple pictures.
Before After
What do you think?
Aside from that, life has been good. We are very blessed.
Sorry I haven't written lately. I can't say it's because I haven't had time, in fact, I did start a post about a week ago and then I got busy decorating the house.
I don't know about you, but I'm the type of person who, if I'm not satisfied with the way something looks, I'm not satisfied until it's fixed to my satisfaction. Well, it was that way with our faux fireplace. It has a flat front, so making it look like a real fireplace was something I really wanted to find a way to do.
Dave didn't want to cut out a section of the wall because it's load bearing and he would have had to brace it. There was also an outlet, which would have meant moving wiring.
So, what did I do, I figured out how to draw and paint a 3-D picture that looked like the inside of a fireplace. Unfortunately, I wanted to do it with that textured paint, but one can didn't go as far as I had hoped, so I painted over that with black that I had on hand. Before I did any of that though, I covered over the grout/cement lines with painter's tape cut in small, skinny strips. Before the paint was completely dry and because I'm also an impatient person, I peeled the tape off and then let it dry more. I had bought some grey craft paint to paint in the grout/cement lines and then let it dry a little more before hanging it in the spot that would have been the interior of the fireplace. I screwed it in so that it would stay with screws that were dark enough to be unnoticed. We had bought those type of electric logs last year that light up but don't heat to put in front of the supposed to be opening, so now they look like they're sitting in the fireplace. It's not perfect, I made a couple minor mistakes and later on, I may change it, but right now I'm pretty satisfied with the way it looks. Here are a couple pictures.
What do you think?
Aside from that, life has been good. We are very blessed.
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