Fireplace smear

Today I’m going to show how to make a DIY German smear/schmear white washed brick wall with a tutorial and video. Basically, German smear copies the look of white morter over red brick and gives the brick a whitewashed effect. I made my German smear whitewashed plaster walls on both a faux brick wall and...Read More »

Learn how to brighten up your fireplace with this German Schmear Stone Fireplace Tutorial. Go from dark stone to bright and clean!

There are so many fireplace makeovers you can do in your home. You can paint or chalk paint your fireplace, you can German schmear or you can cover over your fireplace with some great shiplap.

I will show you how to DIY German smear yout brick fireplace. Easy $20 process that will take you a few hours including the cleanup!

Unlike a "german smear" technique using white mortar or "whitewashing" using acrylic paint and water, BioCalce Classico is an easy, one coat process applied

I started working on this post waaaay back before we actually moved, but life has this habit of getting crazy sometimes. So, before I completely forget how I di…

This post is sponsored by Lowe's. Our bedroom has undergone a lot of changes in the last six months, but I think our fireplace has gone through the mos ...

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How German Schmear my ugly stone fireplace? If you are asking yourself this question, then you are probably ready to make a change. You can bring an old-world charm to your outdated stone fireplace, with the DIY technique called German Schmear. German Schmear is very DIY friendly and I am confident you could get this done in one Saturday!

It’s time for the very first flip update! Last week I shared the Before Tour, so now that we’re all up to speed on what we’re working with, let’s talk about everything that happened last week. I’ve documented & recapped it all the in the Cottage House Flip Episode 2: First, there was some demo. Remember […]