Brick Fireplace With Tile Surround

In the foreground is a vintage bamboo chair.

Brick fireplace with tile surround.

The fireplace in this california cottage remodeled by charmean neithart interiors reflects the beachy vibe of the living room with caribbean blue tile. How to tile over a brick fireplace surround. Nail a straight 1x board horizontally across the fireplace in line with the top of the firebox and use its top edge as. Porcelain ceramic glass marble and natural stone like travertine limestone and slate.

They will give an authentic character to the room providing a dose of warmth and tradition. Stained glass tiles in a unique shape called pisces cover the fire surround. The surround tile and supplies cost around 120 tile adhesive grout and tools which. If you live an older home consider installing tile over brick fireplaces create a dramatic new look.

Work up from the board first then when the thinset hardens take it off and work down the sides of the fireplace. First we laid out the tile to get an idea of how they would fit together. Craig used a metal tile edge to give the tile a clean look and hide the cut edges of tile. We also decided to mortar in a piece of concrete board onto the existing unlevel concrete in order to have a clean smooth surface to lay the tile.

There are a multitude of tile materials that work well as fireplace surrounds. The outer hearth is made of a glazed subway tile. Today i wanted to fill you in on tiling over the existing brick surround and next week i ll talk about the boxed and tiled hearth my favorite parts of the project.