This weekend we deceided to give the fireplace a well deserved facelift. The old look was nice but we need to move this place into the 21st century.

First I bought some joint compound and fill up the deep grove to smoothen out the depth between the brick and mortar. This had to dry for 24 hours, after that I reapplied since cracks accured once the compound dried out. Waited another 24 hours.

After everything was dry I applied a primer ( I prefer Bulls Eye 1-2-3 primer) let that dry for a few hours and applied another coat.

In the meanwhile I took the fireplace doors apart and bought a semi gloss black spray (rustoleum) and spray-painted the fireplace doors a nice and even black.

Once  the primer dried I applied a lighter color of the wall color (Valspar Laura Ashley 208) and deceided last minute to paint the wall behind the mantel the same color.

And the most fun part, updating the todo list.