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Hello friends! It seems like it’s been a while since I’ve been in touch. One of the things that they don’t tell you on all the HGTV shows is that when you’re living in a renovation situation you tend to loose contact socially at times. The repairs and projects suck up so much time and don’t lend a lot of minutes in the day for blogging. I know one day will come where I will be able to sit down and just write and share all the photos I’ve been taking over the last month and a half. I’ll be able to share project after project. Until then, my house will continue to look like a construction zone. There is not a single room fully finished friends. It’s truly killing me but I know this process takes time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One project that is complete is our living room fireplace. Over a span of three days I partially striped it, sanded and painted it. At first I had the intentions of striping the mantel and staining it. It was painted white and in need of some fresh paint. When I started to sand it, I realized that the mantel was solid oak! I began to strip the paint but realized it was going to look a little too shabby chic and rustic for my space. I quickly ditched that plan and settled on a paint color called Peppercorn by Sherwin Williams.<\/p>\n

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Here is the fireplace after the room was repainted and I had attempted to strip the paint. It was almost impossible to get the paint out of all that grain.<\/p>\n

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This fireplace was a beast to sand. All those grooves and tight spaces were a nightmare. After two coats of paint her’s how she looked.<\/p>\n

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I knew from the beginning that I wanted to paint the brick white. I could have left it but I knew the white paint would create such a great contrast. Needless to say, it did! There was a little too much contrast in fact. I decided to add some warmth to the space and tone down the starkness of the white brick. I just went over it lightly with some sand paper.<\/p>\n

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It brought some of the warm tones of the brick through and added some great texture!<\/p>\n

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I couldn’t be more pleased with the end result! It’s clean, crisp and screams colonial style. I believe it turned out so much better than it would have if I had stained it. It’s such a feature in the room now. The room has new life and character. The deep gray paint adds drama to the neutral room.<\/p>\n

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All though the room is still somewhat empty, the rug is too small and the walls are bare, we’re so thrilled to be one step closer to a finished space. It’s feeling more and more like home with every new project completed.<\/p>\n

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Thanks for checking in and I’m so glad to have you all along for the ride. It’s been such an adventure thus far. I’ll be sure to check in soon!<\/p>\n

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