I should say, the kitchen demo is happening in the next week, which is why the space is so empty. I'm currently shopping for rugs and furniture also

Beautiful tile. Your ideas sound really good and I think your house will look great.

Maybe remove some of the paint on the fireplace for a more whitewashed look and add a wood mantle.

I would love the fireplace to have a more whitewashed look, and I have debated doing just that. However, I spent weeks taking paint off the brick wall in my sunroom and I don’t know if I can do it again. It turned out beautifully but the mess and the chemicals 😫

My sunroom wall, beautiful but can I do that again?

@Shannon Burns, Your brick wall is beautiful! Can you give any details on what type of paint you had to remove, and the method and products you used?

I’m not sure of the type of paint, but I’m pretty sure there were two layers involved. I tried heating and scraping and that didn’t work, at all. Then I tried using soy gel and a wire brush and that didn’t work. The best process (the best of the worst) was putting soy gel on the wall in sections and then covering the sections with plastic wrap. Let it sit for 12+ hours. Then I would take it off a section at a time, and scrape it off with a scraper. I think I did that 3 times. Then after it dried I went over it with a wire bristle brush to get any clump off. It was really pretty horrible. But I love the wall so much I would do it all over again 🤦‍♀️

That sounds like a huge project but if you love your wall so much it may be worth it. You have great style. Do you mind sharing the name of your backsplash tile?

I love the wall, and it just might be worth all the time it will take to do the fireplace too. I dislike when people paint a solid color, like that, they look almost like plastic.

That’s exactly my thought, it’s so thick and glossy it looks plastic. That’s why I’m wondering about maybe toning it down if I can’t stomach the chemicals and mess again that stripping it would entail. If I’m painting BM soft chamois in flat, maybe painting the fireplace in Swiss coffee in matte would help just tone it down?

Soy Gel is a paint stripper made from soybeans. no harsh chemicals. no odor. i've used it on tons of projects. the best part? it cleans up w/water. after letting it sit, remove w/a pail of water and a scrubby brush should tone down the gloss and remove a lot of the paint.

look into Romabio if you want a lime washed look

You have AWESOME STYLE. love love love what you’ve done so far. You totally answered your own question. You said you love the brick wall and would do it all over again. So go for it. The FP will look soooo much better with some of that thick plastic looking paint off.

I would pull the green from the kitchen

Thank you so much for the feedback and style comments. This house has been a lot of fun for me. I was wondering about pulling in some color....maybe I’ll look at some gray/greens and see what I think.
I’ve used the soy gel before, and I’m sure it has to have chemicals to strip paint from brick. It also ate through my plastic gloves in about 3 minutes. 😳
My other question on stripping the paint is in regards to the style of the fireplace. It’s got this super funky MCM black pole detail on the side that I love. If I distress the paint, will I be putting the styles up against each other?

honestly? i'd leave it. you can go over it w/matte paint if you want to decrease the sheen.

I'd top it w/a piece of soapstone or black granite or black slate, and do a mantle like this

leave the pole or paint it white. doesn't matter

leave the brick, but maybe try something like this on either side

want a total makeover? reface it like this one