How to Paint the Brick Around a Fireplace a Natural Stone Color

Brick fireplaces typically are constructed using reddish-colored terra cotta clay bricks. However, terra cotta bricks may look out of place in a room decorated in stone-colored cream or gray tones. Although professional painters can refinish terra cotta brick fireplaces using natural stone paint, hiring a professional painter may not be in your decorating budget. Save money by painting the terra cotta brick fireplace yourself using inexpensive materials purchased from a home improvement or hardware supply store.

Sanding buffer
Sanding ring, medium-grain
Shop vacuum with brush attachment
Paint tray
Stone-colored latex paint
Paintbrush, 3-inch-wide flat

Instructions

- 1
  Sand the surface of the brick fireplace using a sanding buffer with a medium-grain sanding ring. This removes sharp edges or chipping from the bricks.
- 2
  Vacuum the surface of the bricks and the surrounding areas using a shop vacuum with a brush attachment.
- 3
  Fill a paint tray with stone-colored latex paint, then coat a 3-inch-wide flat paintbrush with the latex paint. Select either cream or gray stone-colored paint.
- 4
  Paint the surface of the brick fireplace, tapping the paintbrush into the creases and cracks as you paint. Allow the paint to dry for eight hours.
- 5
  Apply two more coats of stone-colored latex paint in the same manner as before, allowing the paint to dry for eight hours between each coat.

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