This was the fireplace makeover I liked the most. What I liked is the natural shadows of the stone can still be seen but crevices are more stark white making a nice contrast and brightening the room. You guys did an excellent job. I would be interested in seeing more of your projects. I am subscribed now. Thank you.
Thank you for the inspiration. I had to modify a bit because the stones on mine are a faux lava rock and have very deep texture. I used the mortar to fill in the grout and a 1:3 white paint to water for a whitewash but it came out so great. Felt like I had to add a positive comment to counter the folks that are so offended you would make your home look how you like it ;)
To each their own. I love the transformation. It really lightens/brightens up the space. It seems men lean more to the rustic side of things. I have a full wall and a fireplace wall with this type of stone, and all the while it is a natural look it’s just too rustic for me. My husband could live in a tent with bob wire as a door and he’d just say looks good. So any opinion I’d get from him goes in one ear out the next.
Thank you! I have the most awful fireplace! I’m heading to home depot tomorrow! We just had a contractor steal $100k so we can’t afford any professionals!! Thank you! I have been so down over what I can do to try and improve our home after the loss. 👍
Question… the lime wash looks very efficient at lightening things up, could I consider just using lime wash and skip the mortar part? My current grout or whatever it’s called is dark and ugly on my fireplace.
This looks great! I have similar stone but the previous owners painted it white. I wonder if I can still figure something out. I like this so much better
I am thinking of doing the same to my granite house in Ireland to brighten up my living room as it only has one window and the white should give more light to the room. I yet have to remove all the old plaster I have already done it up stairs and the granite looks good. Just one problem where the chimney runs up the wall as someone at some stage has put modern sand and cement mix on the wall due to the chimney going afire over the years and damaging the lime mortar between the granite. The good think is it is not a big area to fix.
This was so helpful! I have one question- I love the look you created when the stones were completely covered- do you think the lime wash was essential to get that look or could you use watered down grout and brush it on? Thanks so much!
Thanks for posting this video! I love the results on your fireplace. We just bought a house with a stone fireplace. The fireplace feels too dark and heavy for the room. I’m interested in doing something similar to this process but many of the stones on our fireplace stick out several inches further than the others. Do you think that would be a problem? I’m not sure how to address it.
Great video. I have a stone fireplace and want to give it a different look too. I have seen a bunch of different techniques but this is just what I was looking for. It looks like there's actually THREE different variations of white Romabio limewash: Avorio, Bianco, and Cristallo. Can I ask which white you went with?
Waaaaaaay better before...don't try to fix things that aren't broken. Sometimes we need to appreciate & embrace what we already have despite the imperfections & urges to make crappy diy "makeover" videos. Such a shame...it was such a beautiful natural stone wall before.
Great job, best experimental how-to I've seen. We're going to attempt to do this to our entire house, minus the lime wash. Did you have cracks in the grout?
The product in this video in Mapei Ultraflex 1, which is a thinset meant for ceramic. I would call Mapei for advice on this use of Ultraflex 1, I believe an epoxy based thinset would be better.
I seen in another video that you curve the lime mortar at the bottom of each stone so that rain drips off in bad weather outside. In Ireland at one time just about all houses were white washed outside. It gave them a bit of a chocolate box effect.
This is one of the most deceiving videos on this subject. There is no mention of tooling grout to keep it off the stone face, there is no mention of how exactly to tool the grout to facilitate a proper smear, there is no mention of dry times required for grout before trying to tool, there is no mention of how to smear the actual stones with lime wash without leaving bristle patterns from the application brush, this video is fun to watch and makes it look like an afternoon job. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is at least a solid weeks work for someone who knows what they are doing and has the tools to do it. If the intention is to have a professional result hire a pro, this is a disaster waiting to happen for most people.
Two days. It took two days. Romabio instructions are on the box for the lime wash and the grout/mortar was dry/hard in 30 minutes. Thus working in sections. If you have any questions just ask... instead of assuming and attacking. I have had many people diy using this video with much success
This transformation is horrifying! A stone mason hand-selected and cut each stone for placment in this wall. You've butchered this work. Moreover, it does not look better. It's just ugly. OMG, the worst stone makeover I've seen was when they painted the fieldstone blue. Why not just tear it down? Why not cover it with some hideous "luxury vinyl plank floor?" What you have done is not just hideous, it's sacreligious.
I love it! These negative folks need to take a trip to France or Germany and see how the Europeans do Stonework and Schmear.
This was the fireplace makeover I liked the most. What I liked is the natural shadows of the stone can still be seen but crevices are more stark white making a nice contrast and brightening the room. You guys did an excellent job. I would be interested in seeing more of your projects. I am subscribed now. Thank you.
Thank you for the inspiration. I had to modify a bit because the stones on mine are a faux lava rock and have very deep texture. I used the mortar to fill in the grout and a 1:3 white paint to water for a whitewash but it came out so great.
Felt like I had to add a positive comment to counter the folks that are so offended you would make your home look how you like it ;)
If you play the video backwards this is a great fireplace makeover
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This video was so helpful and makes me think my husband and I can achieve the same effect. Thank you!
To each their own. I love the transformation. It really lightens/brightens up the space.
It seems men lean more to the rustic side of things.
I have a full wall and a fireplace wall with this type of stone, and all the while it is a natural look it’s just too rustic for me.
My husband could live in a tent with bob wire as a door and he’d just say looks good.
So any opinion I’d get from him goes in one ear out the next.
Thank you! I have the most awful fireplace! I’m heading to home depot tomorrow! We just had a contractor steal $100k so we can’t afford any professionals!! Thank you! I have been so down over what I can do to try and improve our home after the loss. 👍
Very much like our house in France. 👏👏👏👏
Cool vid, but I liked the original more lol! Didn't really give me the log cabin vibe, but good tutorial
We love it and it works with the rest of the house for us. It’s a good thing we aren’t all the same
Looks very nice! Thanks for sharing this!
Question… the lime wash looks very efficient at lightening things up, could I consider just using lime wash and skip the mortar part? My current grout or whatever it’s called is dark and ugly on my fireplace.
Somewhere a stone mason is crying! Lol BTW a grout bag would've made that SOOO much faster!
This looks great! I have similar stone but the previous owners painted it white. I wonder if I can still figure something out. I like this so much better
I love this beautiful What is the joint compound for?
I am thinking of doing the same to my granite house in Ireland to brighten up my living room as it only has one window and the white should give more light to the room. I yet have to remove all the old plaster I have already done it up stairs and the granite looks good. Just one problem where the chimney runs up the wall as someone at some stage has put modern sand and cement mix on the wall due to the chimney going afire over the years and damaging the lime mortar between the granite. The good think is it is not a big area to fix.
This looks amazing. How do I mix mortar without that long handled mixer?
Great video. Just subscribed. Going to be doing my fireplace here soon♥️
Why didn’t you pipe it in seems faster. That’s a huge wall. I like the overfill on stone look. Could you lime wash first? Then add filler ?
I love it it looks like a home from the Bible days mixed with German home
I was hoping the thumbnail was the before picture 😂
Am I the only one here that feels like it was way better before…. Like what is this 🤦♂️??!
omg that poor man
This was so helpful! I have one question- I love the look you created when the stones were completely covered- do you think the lime wash was essential to get that look or could you use watered down grout and brush it on? Thanks so much!
Hi again, which mortar did you use? I tried the link but it doesn't work for me. With thanks.
Thanks for posting this video! I love the results on your fireplace.
We just bought a house with a stone fireplace. The fireplace feels too dark and heavy for the room. I’m interested in doing something similar to this process but many of the stones on our fireplace stick out several inches further than the others. Do you think that would be a problem? I’m not sure how to address it.
I think it would work perfectly!
Looking to do something like this on my outside flag stone. Will it work or wash away with rain?
It's mortar so It would stay just fine outside
The stones and old mortar should be wet when applying the new. Looks good at first but will eventually separate.
Can you do this to the outside of a rock house
White Portland cement type n is what any mason would use I’ve never seen thinset used for enormous joints
Great video. I have a stone fireplace and want to give it a different look too. I have seen a bunch of different techniques but this is just what I was looking for. It looks like there's actually THREE different variations of white Romabio limewash: Avorio, Bianco, and Cristallo. Can I ask which white you went with?
It says in the description that they used the Avorio White.
@@Irish-Triplet thanks! I missed that.
www.lowes.com/pd/MAPEI-UltraFlex-1-50-lb-White-Powder-Thinset-Mortar/3199731?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-flr-_-google-_-lia-_-106-_-groutmortarandsealers-_-3199731-_-0&placeholder=null&ds_rl=1286981&gclid=Cj0KCQjwi7yCBhDJARIsAMWFScNkEhHshjgCkLzA6rRnyDjwQk6Fbah0bfFU19Wf4Qk6QRk62j-LDF8aArEqEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Pancake, pack it in and stuff that crevice full, and German smear. Got it
I literally want to do the opposite. The video does look good with the new job.
Looked better before
Waaaaaaay better before...don't try to fix things that aren't broken. Sometimes we need to appreciate & embrace what we already have despite the imperfections & urges to make crappy diy "makeover" videos. Such a shame...it was such a beautiful natural stone wall before.
Great job, best experimental how-to I've seen. We're going to attempt to do this to our entire house, minus the lime wash. Did you have cracks in the grout?
Yes!
Nothing yet
Great video. Looks good!
Great video. What mortar did you use?
www.lowes.com/pd/MAPEI-UltraFlex-1-50-lb-White-Powder-Thinset-Mortar/3199731?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-flr-_-google-_-lia-_-106-_-groutmortarandsealers-_-3199731-_-0&placeholder=null&ds_rl=1286981&gclid=Cj0KCQjwi7yCBhDJARIsAMWFScNkEhHshjgCkLzA6rRnyDjwQk6Fbah0bfFU19Wf4Qk6QRk62j-LDF8aArEqEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
could we use this technique on an outside wall? thanks!
Yes!
Hey. Great look. What mortar did you use? The only mortar I see at Home Depot is thin set mortar. ?
The product in this video in Mapei Ultraflex 1, which is a thinset meant for ceramic. I would call Mapei for advice on this use of Ultraflex 1, I believe an epoxy based thinset would be better.
www.lowes.com/pd/MAPEI-UltraFlex-1-50-lb-White-Powder-Thinset-Mortar/3199731?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-flr-_-google-_-lia-_-106-_-groutmortarandsealers-_-3199731-_-0&placeholder=null&ds_rl=1286981&gclid=Cj0KCQjwi7yCBhDJARIsAMWFScNkEhHshjgCkLzA6rRnyDjwQk6Fbah0bfFU19Wf4Qk6QRk62j-LDF8aArEqEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Glad you got what you wanted…. But what were you thinking?!? Yikes!
This looks great, but that wall is so big and I feel that you need more balance with a thicker, longer mantel.
Can you do for exterior? My rock is in front of my home🥲
I seen in another video that you curve the lime mortar at the bottom of each stone so that rain drips off in bad weather outside. In Ireland at one time just about all houses were white washed outside. It gave them a bit of a chocolate box effect.
Yes! Going to do that soon!
@@agirlandherglitter how did the exterior wall turn out? Doing this on exterior fireplace that goes above roof pitch
Echoing devin's question! Would love to hear how outside turned out
He hates it lol
How long did this take you to do from start to finish?
In my opinion, you ruined a great looking stone wall - I can se the wash technique for an outside wall on a old house remodel --
To each their own right? Just fit for us
Sorry rob. She wins the style contest.
So many haters who don’t know culture. I’ve done stone walls before and been to Europe and this looks good. American fake veneer is ugly
How did you spend 150$ and managed to make it look uglier is beyond me!!!!!
Yikes, it looks horrible, looked much better before.
omg. It went from Tudor cottage to peel and stick-cheap looking. WHY???
Terrible
Yeah... 😬
Yall are so mean. Obviously she likes it. If you don’t, move along and don’t German schmear your fireplace.
When you post stuff on the internet, people can and will share their opinions. It looks tacky and cheap
Looks worse than it did before haha.
😂😂😂. Looks mmmmm
But... WHY?
I think it was gorgeous before you put your hands on it
Goregous
Sorry. This makeover looks awful. I liked the original better but to each their own.
I want apologize to that fireplace in the name of humanity. I'm so, so, sooo sorry that a member of my species mutilated you in such a cruel manner.
You really ruined it....!!!!!
Sorry but this is a BIG MISS!!!
It’s way better. Do not listen to the people who are probably not designers or artists giving you an opinion.
LOL looks like shit
It looks terrible. The original wall was 10x better
This is one of the most deceiving videos on this subject. There is no mention of tooling grout to keep it off the stone face, there is no mention of how exactly to tool the grout to facilitate a proper smear, there is no mention of dry times required for grout before trying to tool, there is no mention of how to smear the actual stones with lime wash without leaving bristle patterns from the application brush, this video is fun to watch and makes it look like an afternoon job. Nothing could be further from the truth. This is at least a solid weeks work for someone who knows what they are doing and has the tools to do it. If the intention is to have a professional result hire a pro, this is a disaster waiting to happen for most people.
Two days. It took two days. Romabio instructions are on the box for the lime wash and the grout/mortar was dry/hard in 30 minutes. Thus working in sections. If you have any questions just ask... instead of assuming and attacking. I have had many people diy using this video with much success
Beurk what a disaster
I do not like this
This transformation is horrifying! A stone mason hand-selected and cut each stone for placment in this wall. You've butchered this work. Moreover, it does not look better. It's just ugly. OMG, the worst stone makeover I've seen was when they painted the fieldstone blue. Why not just tear it down? Why not cover it with some hideous "luxury vinyl plank floor?" What you have done is not just hideous, it's sacreligious.