So Buff and I were watching one of those home improvement shows on TLC a few weeks ago, and to my surprise, I actually saw an idea that I did not think was total crap! they had painted an unattractive fire place dark brown! Buff and I looked at each other and agreed that painting ours brown was the right thing to do until we had the cash to cover it with slate or to sheetrock it. So what do you think?

I still need to finish the edges, but I am actually surprised at what a cheap and easy fix it was to hide the soot stained and ugly brick.

Somebody has asked what it looked like before, here is a picture, you can kind of get an idea of the true nature of the ugly fireplace... to see more of what we have done to the house, and to see what is still left to do click here