A quick and easy way to create a faux brick effect in your faux fireplace!
I’m no stranger to creating a faux brick effect, I’ve previously used plaster and tape to create a brick effect on one of the walls in our office/guest room. That was quite a fun, although laborious process, and it came out so well. This time however, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to commit to the faux brick effect in our new faux fireplace, and so I opted for something removable.
PEEL & STICK TILES
After a bit of research, I opted for some eel and stick tiles. When I was looking for what to buy, the main thing I was looking for was that they would be textured. I wasn’t too fussed by the colour of them, as I knew I would be painting them white, and so the style of brick and how textured they were, was what cemented my decision. I wasn’t sure how well this was going to work either, and so I also didn’t want to break the bank. I was pleasantly suprised by how well the tiles adhered to the fireplace surround, though I did notice when painting them that the colour started to come off of the tiles - so they probably weren’t the best quality.
With a bit of perserverence and a few layers of paint later, we finally got them to be white, and for a temporary solution we’re pretty pleased with it. For a more permanent and better quality solution, you could always use brick tiles which would give a much more realistic effect. As always, please do share this post if you enjoyed it, and keep reading to find out what materials I used and the step-by-step tutorial!