You face a few different issues: how to prep brick and tile so paint sticks, which paint to use and how to apply the paint evenly to such textured surfaces. There’s considerable disagreement about ...

Q. My wife and I want to remodel the dated fireplace in our living room. We recently put down hardwood floor around a raised brick hearth. I’ve since removed the raised hearth and we’re putting down ...

Fireplace tile ideas can be used to frame or draw attention to a fireplace, add an accent color to a room, bring texture to a plain space – and to set the tone for the whole decorative scheme.

When it was time to design the dining room in her client’s newly purchased Beacon Hill town house, Annsley McAleer faced a conundrum. Tear out the plum-colored Delft-style tiles around the fireplace ...