How to: German Schmear Brick Fireplace
Hey friends! Man, did we tackle the MOST AMAZZZING home improvement project ever over the weekend. I want to take a moment to thank my sweet husband for letting me talk him into tackling all the projects, all the time.. even when he is just getting back from a mission trip in Haiti- love you babe! Now onto the good stuff... I assume if you're here reading this and you're in any way interested in home improvement, you've probably watched the HGTV show Fixer Upper. And if you've ever watched Fixer Upper, AND you're interested in home improvement, then you probably got addicted and watched every single episode about 50,000 times. Re-runs just never get old, amirite??!?!?!?! Any way, remember the German Schmear episode where Chip and Jo schmeared the outside of a house with mortar and made it look super old and antique-y. It is one of my favorite episodes still. Because of that episode, I was inspired to do somewhat of a similar technique on my own brick firepla