Hi there! When we first looked at our home, the things I loved most were the parquet floors in the kitchen and entryways, as well as the arches in the front entryway/living room!
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So good, right!? Those cutie little corbels match the corbels on our dining room fireplace mantel and I’ve added them in the kitchen over the sink too! Also, this was just one of the many shades of peach we had throughout the place! 😳
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Naturally, the first thing I did was paint! I painted the whole room Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter, but felt it was missing something. After trying out the wall color on the arches and not loving that either, I decided the arches needed some texture and knew it had to be brick!
Tools and Materials
- cardboard
- masking tape
- putty knife
- joint compound
- paint (one color for the grout and one for the bricks)
- white paint (if you want a whitewashed look like I did)
- paint brushes
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Once I had my arches looking good, I knew we had to change that amber light fixture. One project always leads to another around here. 😅
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I think the faux brick really pulled the room together and totally goes with our all brick home! To see more of my home and DIYs, click here!
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