I was SO happy to come across your post this morning. I’m not interested in painting or white washing the brick, it’s too huge & too costly for me to undertake & maintain in this lifetime, as I have other interior updates to accomplish. I have the same front porch as you but with a medium depth red brick w/no variations of color within it and a hint of VERY light tan (not ivory) mortar. I love what you had done to your front porch. Good luck to you and again thanks for posting! I love what you’ve done so far! I didn’t add any tints but may consider it on the new house. I just went with the plain mortar, which is a light gray. I’ll have to try to figure out how to post pictures for you of my old house and fireplace that I sacked. The front door is currently a very bright Tiffany blue shade and clashes with the red in my opinion. I clicked on your post bc the front door color is very similar to what I want to do. I got a really good deal on the house, probably bc the red brick lol but I’m planning on sacking it as soon as I get settled in. I just bought a red and when I say RED, I mean RED brick house. I sacked my house over 15 years ago and it still looked the exact same when I sold it. The cool part about sacking is that you can get the mortar tinted to whatever color you choose, it lasts forever UNLESS you pressure wash it! You can scrub it with cleanser (even bleach) and a scrub brush and it will not come off after it dries, except with a powerful pressure washer. I ended up doing a light sack on the fireplace and a heavy sack job on the exterior brick. You may want to experiment a little with that step. Then after you get a section covered, wipe away as little or as much as you like. I do recommend double gloves (latex under any leather work glove). I then decided to just glove up and grab handfuls of the mortar and just smear it on with my hands. I first tried using a flat sided trowel but quickly realized I just wasn’t coordinated enough to use without making a mess. So I decided to try it there first, huge transformation! You literally just smear mortar on the brick and then, depending on how much of the brick you want to show through, rub off with an old burlap sack (or in my case, old rag). My fireplace was also of the same hideously dark brick and made the living room dark. So I started researching and picking a friend’s brain ( who happened to be a brick mason). I knew I didn’t want to paint the brick bc I didn’t want the upkeep of painting. So there I was with an even more of an eyesore dilemma. I had also bricked over an old exterior door, tried to match the existing brick, to no avail, as it was 40 yr old brick. I just sold my brick ranch style house that had hideous multi colored bricks. Thanks so much for sharing! Here’s an option for your brick and mortar, it’s ridiculously easy, long lasting and relatively inexpensive. I am so happy you had this brick house with white planters! Thanks so much. I normally have a cute wreath but it’s Halloween so it’s down for now. It still has the 1953 vibe but I can handle it now. I found these for $30 for 2 and put them together, adding two bricks for weight but also because the mums needed a boost. ![]() I ended up deciding for now, some white cute planters would bump up the curb appeal, tie in some of the other white and take one’s eye off of the porch issue I have. ![]() There are two obvious types of concrete going on! I have been trying to find ways to deal with that (mabne gray paint…?) And how to remove this old paint the original homeowners got all over the brick to the left of my door.ĪNYWAY I found your post with those planters. I have this porch that has crumbled missing chunks out of the bottom so I have been patching it so when it rains it looks bad. How can I share my picture? :) your blog post changed my life…well my porch but it’s my obsession right now, so same thing! ![]() This is basically how our front entrance has looked for past, oh, 40 years or so. So I decided to just focus on the front entrance. Well, I finally decided it was time to do something about this house’s curb appeal even if I had to start small. It was one of those things I was going to tackle someday when I had more time and money. I really haven’t done anything about all of that. There’s a long concrete front porch with skinny white columns.Īnd let’s not even get started on the lack of landscaping. We have an orangish brick with messy orangish grout. I’ve seen some really beautiful brick houses, but ours is not one of them. It’s in a great location, has plenty of room for us, and is on a quiet street.īut the house itself is definitely not my dream house. But you may have noticed I never show the front of our house. I show you guys lots of pictures of the interior of our house and all of the projects I’ve taken on to make things homey and pretty.
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