Did y'all know you can whitewash a stone fireplace? Super easy, very cheap, and can make a huge difference. I loved the stone fireplace in our home but it was…

* This post contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my affiliate disclosure. * Since moving into our current house I've found plenty of projects to keep me busy. From painting rooms to building furniture with Pieter, to fixing, decorating, decluttering and always, organizing. We've updated our daughter's room, From Office to Bedroom, we changed the…

how we cleaned and prepped our outdated stone fireplace before we whitewashed it using vinegar and a drill bit brush attachment.

Whitewashing a fireplace surround is a super solution for updating old, dark stone or brick. It can be a little scary to undertake, but it’s actually a very eas…

I get asked the question often, what's my favorite space I've ever created. Well, friends, I, finally, have an answer! It's taken several years for the space to come together, but without a shadow of a doubt, it's our living room! Every detail was thought through and every element has a significant

Good morning. I'm beyond excited to share a before and after of our stacked stone fireplace with you all. This was a true labor of love and for those of you asking, step-by-step instructions are coming. We want to finish the entire project and then I will share all of the juicy details. I will

Some of you know that I retired last April so I finally decided to tackle a project I had been wanting to do for awhile...whitewashing my dark rock fireplace...... Besides the dark dated color, I also didn't like that the installer had placed the rock veneer on the front to end short of the pieces on the sides so I had visible ugly grout lines "walking" up both sides of the fireplace! Before the whitewash I filled in the grout lines with concrete repair mastic and "created" bigger rocks that…