Hi Karen, We purchased a house with a tiny living room/dining room combo. Windows all around and on the only wall without windows is a large, stacked stone (beige, brown, gray) fireplace. It is pretty in its own right, but out of place in this room. After 3 years of living with this, we are now renovating. We were going to tear it down and put up another ilghter stacked stone up, but then I saw your post with the whitewashed stacked stone and became curious.
1. Does it last? How does it hold up after wood fires in the fireplace and grandchildren spills and fingerprints?
2. If it does last, can you please share with me the steps I need to obtain this look?
3. THANK YOU. I’m exhausted at this point in the renovation and having people like you post pictures that give me hope is such a relief!
4. Being married to a contractor has its benefits, but if it is not a tried and true method, he naysays it – so I am on my own with this project! Is it something I can do by myself?
Hi Michelle, yes renovations can be tough going and exhausting for sure but once done so rewarding. The steps I used are all in the blog post. It is two years for us and ours still looks like the day I did it. It does not look like painted stone. It feels and looks like stone just lighter. We have been very happy with ours.
Hi Karen, We purchased a house with a tiny living room/dining room combo. Windows all around and on the only wall without windows is a large, stacked stone (beige, brown, gray) fireplace. It is pretty in its own right, but out of place in this room. After 3 years of living with this, we are now renovating. We were going to tear it down and put up another ilghter stacked stone up, but then I saw your post with the whitewashed stacked stone and became curious.
1. Does it last? How does it hold up after wood fires in the fireplace and grandchildren spills and fingerprints?
2. If it does last, can you please share with me the steps I need to obtain this look?
3. THANK YOU. I’m exhausted at this point in the renovation and having people like you post pictures that give me hope is such a relief!
4. Being married to a contractor has its benefits, but if it is not a tried and true method, he naysays it – so I am on my own with this project! Is it something I can do by myself?
Hi Michelle, yes renovations can be tough going and exhausting for sure but once done so rewarding. The steps I used are all in the blog post. It is two years for us and ours still looks like the day I did it. It does not look like painted stone. It feels and looks like stone just lighter. We have been very happy with ours.