I am wondering what colour to paint the bricks on the fireplace and the mantlepiece which is a large piece of wood painted back at present. The walls are midnight silver from colour trend. The room is small enough as it's a country cottage. I'd appreciate your ideas on this.
Sounds interesting, pictures would really help as it's very difficult to imagine. Not sure at the moment why you'd want to paint the brickwork in a cottage, so will definately need a picture please x
I've changed the doors to white shaker frosted glass doors so it's modern yet still shabby chic!! I'm at a, loss as to whether I should paint the mantlepiece as walls are midnight silver and white skirting.
Hi, this is a tricky one! I tell you the trend for 'grey's is frying my brain cell currently! It's very hard to make greys go with brown's because in a nutshell, they don't. Grey is a cool colour and brown is warm. Therefore, trying to get the mix right is a nightmare. If you're stuck on the midnight silver, which is a pretty colour, i'd probably have to go with painting the fireplace in the same, midnight silver, but darkening down the alcoves with a darker yet warm grey. Go for the same darker grey on the mantle shelf itself. The bricks would also have to be very dark, as painted bricks can look a little weird. When i paint bricwork, i choose not to paint the grouting. Instead i get a big pallette of similar looking colours, matchpots are good for this because you can buy 6 or 7 for a pound each at B&Q, then i stipple the paint onto the bricks so that they aren't one uniform colour, i've painted concrete to look like brick in this manner, it's very effective. If I were you i'd go for grey tones on the wall that look more taupe as they will sit better with your flooring which is a lovely warm tone. By going with the 'is it grey / is it taupe' colour scheme you will not end up with the cool greys competing with the floor.
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