Can you paint bedford stone

Having said that, personally, I hate brick or stone that has been painted with one solid color white or otherwise. Once they are painted, all you can see is paint. Any painted surface has to be maintained and, in time, repainted. The paint layers build up and the original interest and character is lost even more.

I would never paint either one and would never paint stain grade interior wood trim regardless of whether it was from , or Is it possible to remove all but the bottom three or four rows of stone and then use that removed stone to put along the bottom of the areas that have no stone? Boy that sounds much more confusing that I mean it to be!

Then you can have the top, and bottom, be whatever color you want it to be but at least there would be a cohesive look around the entire home. Does that make sense? That is what I was going to suggest: remove all of the stone except for a little bit at the bottom and repeat this look around the whole perimeter of the house. The rest of the house would be siding except for the gables, which would be stone. Not quite a house, but there are colourful stone walls in Tibet and a visitor centre.

Sorry for the messy links. But if you have to paint, test out the finishes like you aways do. Any painted masonry with a sheen looks like plastic to me. I love the images of the white painted stone walls! Just wanted to put the good word out there for whitewashing stones or brickwork.

I white washed my front masonry fence, and also my entire garage external walls , which is brick and mortar. Think Greek Isles houses kind of white — dazzling!

That is what they use there! I still have about a third of the bag of lime left the bag was 20kgs. Some very small areas have worn off, but certainly nothing major. I believe it can be tinted, too, with oxides. I think you had a comentor yesterday who said something about making a mold of your stone. I have no idea, yet how to do that. If you did, you could pour concrete and have faux stone face for the flower beds, as many as you would want, and not worry about stone masons, which there should be plenty of down in the hill country, but probably not cheap!

Just thinking out loud! Paint, paint, paint….. My hubby does scroll sawing, makes some small furniture, and has done both. Stained and painted. Hi Kristi, My sister once owned a very old stone house that had been painted white. It looked fantastic. I wish I had a picture, it was beautiful. If you Google painted stone cottage, among the cutesy rocks painted to look like cottages, there are some painted stone houses like this red one.

With the white stone on the front of the breakfast room to break it up, the vinyl color would not be overwhelming. And eventually if you put the double roofline on like you want, the siding would become pops of color against the white. Add black or extremely dark gray door and shutters if you want them, and it would look really classy. If the white stone is not quite wide enough, you can always white wash it to brighten it up.

Our previous home is a mix of cedar siding with stone along the bottom edge. We previously had painted the stone a creamy offwhite, but were ready to try something new. The raw stone was uninspiring and about 12 different colors…we had many positive comments. Look at Harbor Freight for an inexpensive tool. The very first thing I did when I bought my house was paint all of the stained wood trim white.

My honest opinion is that it looks tacky as hell! At the risk of sounding like Joanna Gaines, I think you could do a lot with colored siding and natural features to tie it all in together! Interesting idea to take the stone off one area and put it on another to create more balance. I like that! A stone mason will definitely know about the costs of painting vs sandblasting.

I think the sandblasting would have a more natural look but that is just my opinion. After you mentioned the different ideas for the stone and for painting, I noticed that a lot of the new houses going up around here have natural stone of all colors and different types, and paired with colorful siding.

Different blues, different greens, beiges, yellows, even a coral! I like a more natural stone for the depth of color variation vs a flat single color with the paint.

To me, it gives more interest. But whatever your final choice will be, it will great! I just found your blog and I can say that I have never thought about painting stone facade on houses before. It is a very intriguing concept. I personally feel like it would depend on the color coordination of the house as to whether it really looks good as well as the style of the house.

I as well as you have never seen stone painted a bright colored except for in Chile. I visited there awhile back and almost every house is made of concrete, so to add color they would just paint over it. And they have every color you can think of painted on their houses from blue, to red, to green, and everywhere in-between. But I look forward to continue reading your blog and seeing how your house comes together.

I noticed on the living room side the stone sits back about a inch or so from the siding above it. That way you would at least be uniformed in that area. I have this awful gray stone on the outside of my house — a nice rectangle at the end past the window.

This post got me reconsidering it. I found this searching online, wondered if anyone had any experience DIYing it? I just moved to Austin and I am house shopping. I am from out-of-state and not loving the stone on a lot of the houses.

Design Dilemma. Bedford Stone Fireplace Make-over. Kristine Marler 8 years ago. We have a boring bedford stone fireplace. Would love to give it some color as in the natural stacked stone effect. Any suggestions on stain, paint, glaze to add colors, and how to proceed. Will try to add photos :. Email Save Comment 8. Featured Answer. Kristine Marler Original Author. Thank-you so much for your reply, if gives us something to think about! Like 1 Save. Sort by: Oldest.

Newest Oldest. Hi Kristine, Do you have a photo you can share of the Fireplace to get a better idea of what might work for you? Like Save. An old Christmas photo, best I can do for now :. Related Discussions Ugggggly fireplace in need of make over! Paint the green tile! My fix was what I felt I could do I would have loved to change the tile but I know that is more than I can handle. Truly -- use a good oil based primer for glossy surfaces and then just choose the color you want!

I was hesitant about painting the tile, thinking it would look like I just painted over the tile! I used a semi-gloss good quality paint. I hated the tile and the mantle for 7 years!! I should have done it long ago:. I would remove the insert and put in a new insert, is this gas or wood? If gas easy to replace if wood burning more difficult.

If you reall want to make it easy close in the opening for the fire box and hang a new electric or gel fireplace that just hangs like a picture. Then you can put what ever you want to face the fireplace with.

Our stone journey started approx. Our first stop was here on houzz where we ogled at the many different shapes, styles, and colors of stone.

After countless hours and pictures we thought we had a color, style, and manufacturer we liked. Our next stop was to explore the local carriers. After we had been to different places I found myself overwhelmed, frustrated, completely stagnated, confused, and infuriated by the lackadaisical attitude we encountered time and time again. Cleaning paintbrushes and other tools can be made easy with warm, soapy water.

Thoroughly rinse your roller covers and brushes in water until the water runs clear. Pick up drop cloths carefully, making sure you don't spread around any paint that may have gotten on them. Next, remove painter's tape at a degree angle to avoid removing any fresh paint. Remember that the longer it stays on, the harder it is to remove.

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