How to Paint a Brick Fireplace

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Learn how to paint a brick fireplace for an instant update. Fireplaces can be a gorgeous focal point in your home, so updating them to fit your style is easy.

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Painted Brick Fireplace Step by Step

The first step is gathering your painting supplies and selecting your paint/primer.

I choose a white paint to lighten up our living room.

Step One Supplies

• Paint (we used latex paint)
• Primer
• Drop cloth
• Paintbrush
• Painters tape
• Paint roller for textured surfaces
• Small roller
• Paper towels
• Roller pan
• Roller extension pole

Note: If you want to paint the inside of your firebox, you will need to use safe paint for high temperatures.

Second Step Cleaning

I used a vacuum with a brush attachment to clean the fireplace surround and face to remove dust and cobwebs.

You can easily remove soot, ash, and carbon deposits; read more about how in this cleaning brick post.

Third Step Primer

You will want to use a good-quality masonry primer to prime the brick.

It is easily applied with a roller made for textured surfaces. For the taller areas, I used an extension pole on the roller.

Next, you can use a paintbrush to paint the areas the roller misses, such as the mortar lines.

The primer does not entirely cover the brick color; however, the fireplace only required one coat of paint.

Paint Brick Fireplace Step Four

Use a roller to paint the face of the brick.

While the paint was drying, I refinished the oak mantel. I used a stain to darken the wood, then finished it with polyurethane. To update the wood grate, I used high-heat spray paint.

See you soon,

Kippi

Ps. You can find this post on Between Naps on the Porch.