I have been wanting to give the fireplace some height for awhile now and make it more of a focal point in the room.
Here it is before I started:
I began by nailing up some 1x3.5" primed MDF boards on each side from the mantel to the crown molding.
I took this paneling purchased at Home Depot and, using my jigsaw, cut it to the dimension's to fit snugly inside the MDF boards.
I then put a piece of corner trim mold mitered at 45 degrees to frame out the inside.
This was for two reasons:
1.) It hid the horrible job I had done cutting the paneling perfectly straight and
2.) It made the edges look fancier.
Win, win!
I caulked, and filled and painted everything white. When it had all dried I stood there in disbelief...my fireplace looked NOTHING like shiplap. I mean I actually sorta hated it. The lines had all but disappeared so it was basically a big white wall.
I'm sorry there is no further documentation because I never thought it would make it to the blog due to the fact it was a big hard FAIL...at first.
After forfeiting all efforts to fix my mistake and letting my brain refocus for the day I was ready to ATTEMPT to tackle it again in the morning. I took some light grey acrylic paint called "Granite Grey" by Apple Barrel and with a small tipped paintbrush I went over the lines. It took two coats to make it look solid enough that I liked it... and I did! FINALLY I liked it!
I probably could have used a paint pen instead and it might have been a little easier but I used what I had.
Here's my fireplace all dressed up!
In the end it turned out well! Just goes to show even if a D.I.Y. seems like a zonk it may turn itself around so don't give up!
Is that door in your house? Where did you find that and what is it called? <3 it and I can't find one any place. :(
ReplyDeleteHi Natalie! The door in the first picture is not my house (unfortunately, it's gorgeous!)
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