22 Stunning Painted Fireplaces That'll Make You Want to Grab a Brush
The hardest part is choosing a color.

With their cozy appeal and architectural cred, fireplaces beckon people and furniture to gather around. That means your fireplace needs to be a worthy centerpiece for your room. Luckily, paint is one of the quickest and easiest ways to spruce it up. few features are more attractive than painted fireplaces. Whether you have a working or nonworking fireplace, a modern fireplace, or a charming tiled fireplace, brushing the mantel and fireplace surround with fresh paint will elevate it. When you want to change the style and mood of your space in a major way, paint is a very powerful tool. The color of paint you choose to paint your fireplace can even transform the entire room.
As for the best color to paint a fireplace, it depends on your personal style and your home's architecture. A slick coat of high gloss green paint can modernize a Victorian style fireplace, while a painted brick fireplace in a cozy shade of maroon instantly grounds a bustling family room. A soft, warming white will gently brighten a dim basement fireplace. No matter your style, the magic of paint can transform the look and feel of your fireplace in the most satisfying way.
Looking for inspiration before you pick up a brush? We've rounded up pictures of painted fireplaces with chicness in spades, including popular green painted fireplaces. Whether you’re looking for bold, color-forward options that offer a high-style glam factor or something subdued like a simple all-black or crisp white fireplace, you'll find painted fireplace ideas aplenty here.

Hadley Mendelsohn is the co-host and executive producer of the podcast Dark House. When she's not busy writing about interiors, you can find her scouring vintage stores, reading, researching ghost stories, or stumbling about because she probably lost her glasses again. Along with interior design, she writes about everything from travel to entertainment, beauty, social issues, relationships, fashion, food, and on very special occasions, witches, ghosts, and other Halloween haunts. Her work has also been published in MyDomaine, Who What Wear, Man Repeller, Matches Fashion, Byrdie, and more.

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