Brick and Stone Fireplace Limewashing in Everett, WA

Everett Limewash Painting refinishes brick, stone and plaster fireplaces with hand-brushed limewash in Everett, Washington homes. A limewashed surround can quiet a dated orange brick or busy stone, while the texture and mortar lines that give a fireplace character still show.

Fireplace projects are compact but detailed: soot removal, careful masking of the hearth and mantel, and sampling the color against the room. Everett Limewash Painting provides fireplace limewashing in Everett and surrounding communities, including Mukilteo, Mill Creek, Lake Stevens, Marysville, Snohomish and Lynnwood.

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Living room brick fireplace limewashed in chalky warm white

Fireplace limewash options

Brick fireplaces

Bare brick fireplaces are the classic limewash makeover. One or two coats lighten the brick and soften strong red tones, and the mortar joints remain visible. A lighter or heavier hand on each coat decides how much of the original brick color stays.

Stone and rock fireplaces

River rock, stacked stone and fieldstone fireplaces take limewash into their surface. The colors become more consistent, while each stone’s shape and shadow stay visible. Very smooth or sealed stone may not absorb it, which a quick absorption test reveals.

Painted brick fireplaces

A fireplace painted years ago can be limewashed with a product and primer system made for painted surfaces, once loose paint is removed. The result reads more like limewashed masonry than flat paint, though less of the brick texture variation shows than on bare brick.

Plaster and drywall surrounds

Modern surrounds and chimney breasts built from drywall or plaster can be limewashed with the primer system the product specifies, which suits a minimal, plaster-like look. Corners and edges are finished by hand so the surround reads as one solid form.

Full chimney breasts and built-ins

Taking the finish up to the ceiling, or across flanking built-in walls, turns the fireplace into a feature wall. Limewashing the chimney breast as one continuous surface avoids a hard line where the brick meets the wall above.

Dining room enveloped in warm mushroom limewash

Heat, soot and the firebox

Limewash is a mineral finish and goes on the visible face of the surround, the chimney breast and the hearth face. The inside of the firebox is not limewashed. Before any coat, soot and smoke staining are cleaned off, because limewash will not hide grease or soot bleeding through.

Brick closest to the opening sees the most heat and soot. A refresh coat there, when needed, keeps the color even. The limewash maker’s guidance for use near the opening applies to both gas inserts and wood-burning fireplaces.

Mantels, hearths and color

Wood mantels need masking, or temporary removal, so they stay crisp against the new finish. The vertical face of a raised hearth can be limewashed to match; hearth tops that people sit on or set things on need a protective treatment the manufacturer approves, or are better left natural. Warm whites, soft greiges and pale clays suit most living rooms, and sample boards held against the room show how the color sits beside floors and furniture.

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Tell us what the fireplace is made of, whether it has been painted, and the property address. A photo of the full surround is useful when we reply.

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