Our Whitewashed Brick

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBCZBtYHcjK1vEaZRzVwUE4UUqaBLPU-HXWlIQzQ1PoRn-d8cGl0gNT1mYSlCOddiIhgItA-1SUDN7nTt1DlNZsIpnCY6DhhmsswDAxc6zZBiddZEZdIBOIXI4XH4CQhnoXhT-iknQCcb/s1600/nJuly_1909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBCZBtYHcjK1vEaZRzVwUE4UUqaBLPU-HXWlIQzQ1PoRn-d8cGl0gNT1mYSlCOddiIhgItA-1SUDN7nTt1DlNZsIpnCY6DhhmsswDAxc6zZBiddZEZdIBOIXI4XH4CQhnoXhT-iknQCcb/s640/nJuly_1909.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Well, I finally went ahead and whitewashed the brick late one night last week. I held off doing it for the first couple of months we lived here because I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do. The longer we lived here though the more I knew I wanted to go with something lighter for the bricks. Although I actually thought the bricks themselves were pretty, I didn't love how they looked once the mantle was painted and I felt like they were kind of distracting. I was unsure though, if I wanted to paint them or whitewash them so I decided to try whitewashing them first because I could always paint them later. If I went ahead and painted them then I knew I couldn't really undo that. Anyway, I do like how it looks whitewashed better but I don't necessarily love it so I am not sure if it will stay this way or not. I am hoping it will grow on me. I definitely don't NOT like it. It's just that I don't feel as excited about it as a lot of the other painting projects we've done so far in this house. I plan on leaving it this way for now though. Maybe it will grow on me the more I stare at it. 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Our Whitewashed Brick

Well, I finally went ahead and whitewashed the brick late one night last week. I held off doing it for the first couple of months we lived h...

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