Marble fireplace makeover

How we used a professional muralist to change the color of our marble fireplace without spending thousands to replace the marble.

My friend Shannon is one of the people who, maybe without knowing it, inspired me to take on projects around the house once we owned our own place! She is a handywoman extraordinaire and has done a lot of work around her house - I love seeing her projects! Women with power tools rock! This time she tackled her green tile fireplace with some chalk paint. She says: I guess some people like a green marble fireplace...but not me. It just stuck out like a sore thumb against my surrounding decor…

This is one of those posts that unfortunately has been a long time coming, but I wanted to get this right. My hope is this post will be extremely helpful for homeowners struggling with a fireplace that is outdated or just not their style. Our fireplace actually did not fit either of these categories. The black granite was not ugly nor outdated. But in our living room, that is right off of the screen porch, the original black granite fireplace surround created what felt like a black hole that…

Looking to update your old fireplace? This step-by-step process takes you through how we transformed our old fireplace into a white marble tile fireplace that we absolutely love. With a white mantle and marble tile. #fireplace #marble

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Our fireplace makeover is done! Come check out how we used inexpensive trim, white paint and marble subway tile to give it a fresh new look.

Yes, you can paint a marble fireplace surround with chalk paint, but would we still recommend doing this project two years later?

Merry Christmas, friends! Welcome! This is my 17th year (!) sharing our home(s) at Christmas with my friends on the internet. If anyone had told me in the years prior that this would be a thing I could do I wouldn't have believed it, but for sure would've been thrilled. It's been such a delight to have found so many kindred spirits who share a love of creating a home in every season.

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