Painted Wood Burner and Tile

Ever since I moved into my home 17 years ago I've had a love hate relationship with my wood burner. I like using it for heating, it saves tons on the gas bill, but it was so dark and the tile wall behind it was dark and dreary. My living room is dark because of the big oak tree in the front of my house. The dark wood burner and tile made it even more dreary. I hated it. So I painted it. Finally!

 I thought that I had before pictures saved in my web album, however the pictures were on my other computer saved on the dead hard drive.  I'm sorry to say I have no befores. Imagine dark brown tile from floor to ceiling and the black wood burner in front of that. Here is a picture of the tile color before.

 This tile ran from the floor all the way up the wall and the wood burner was a worn and dingy black. It made for a very dark and dungeony corner of the room.

I used six cans of  Rust- Oleum  High Heat paint in white on the wood burner. In this picture you can see at the bottom the color of the tile floor and wall before I painted it.

The tile was primed with two coats of zinsser water based  primer and sealer and allowed to dry overnight, then I painted the tiles with Misty Gray by Benjamin Moore. It's the same color that I'm painting the living room and dining room walls. Before, having that dark tile in the corner of the room made the whole room look dreary and unbalanced. It looks much brighter now.

 It was an easy and inexpensive freshen up for a space that I hated, The spray paint for the wood burner was 24.00 for six cans and I always have primer on hand. Now I just need to finish painting the rest of the room, add new window treatments and drapery hardware put down the new flooring and oh yeah I could use new slip covers too. Maybe after Christmas I'll be ready for the big reveal on this room. Thanks for stopping by! I'll be linking up with these great parties this week,

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