Diy Brick Fireplace Surround

Additional corbels were added and a board for the mantel top was cut to sit on top of the crown molding and to fit around the brick.

Diy brick fireplace surround.

I felt like y all were giving us a bunch of high fives and it was awesome. How to build a fireplace surround when we took the old mantel shelf off we were left with a surface almost completely flush with the wall one of the main reasons for this makeover. Have you long been starting at your old fashioned brick fireplace and surround and wondering how best to update it without actually having to tear the whole thing out. Well we re pleased to tell you that your patience has finally paid off.

As a quick story behind this makeover back in 2018 i decided to change the current tile on the fireplace that we installed over the brick back in 2012. I wanted to hug all of your necks. Next was caulk nail screw filler sanding and priming since the crown molding was prefinished cherry wood we made sure the surface was clean and then used zinsser bin shellac primer this primer adheres really well and sands beautifully. That fireplace makeover was literally our first diy project and there were some imperfections that had begun to show so it was time for it to go.

Covered brick fireplace update. Mar 22 2014 thanks for all of your sweet comments on my fireplace makeover reveal yesterday. This is the companion video to our recent article on building a rumford style fireplace.