Exposed
Exposed brick has run the gamut from trendy industrial charm to tired, cliché and all too commonly found in most New York City apartments. I am a firm believer that it can be a great thing if done properly and in moderation. My Husband and I decided that our apartment in an early 1900s tenement building would be perfect for exposed brick. I Then had to convince him not to go crazy and expose it all. We decided that we would expose the brick in the hallway which is about a 6 ft long section and like all of our projects it started with a buying trip to our local Home Depot. There my Husband tried to convince me that we needed this monstrosity of a tool that looked more suitable to demo Fort Knox instead of our plaster wall. {Seriously – it had a skull on it!} We purchased a more reasonable demo bar, gathered our other supplies and headed home. About 5 minutes later my Husband was “testing” the tool and wall for demo the next day, but about 15 minute later we were in the middle of a full fledged, brick exposing demo!
Since this was more of a Husband project {aren’t they all at this point?!} I started photographing the process.
{note the paint samples we tested only to pick the same color & find out ours had been mixed wrong!}
{note my Husband’s 1st wardrobe change – Banana Republic jeans are not the correct dress code for demo.}
{note my Husband’s 2nd wardrobe change – the short sleeve shirt was quickly replaced with a long sleeve tee.}
This brick wall is going to look fabulous – looking forward to seeing the big reveal when it’s complete! Also liking the wardrobe changes :-)
And look at your helpful kitty cat. I have two very helpful pets of my own (Jack Russells) who are totally fascinated by all the DIY that takes place in our house. Too cute :-)
This is going to be so worth all the mess & hard work, your husband’s work of course! What a guy, any husband that would go through all this is definitely a keeper! Can’t wait to see the finished product.
What a treasure that brick is! You speak of not wanting all out brick, so may I suggest an alternative? Have you ever thought about (in another room) exposing half of the brick and having a chair rail and plaster wall to display a paint color. I think the rail would almost frame the brick and also make each room as you move from all brick, to semi brick, to no brick a visual journey.
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I cannot wait until everything is finally finished and CLEAN!!! So lucky, I do have a very special Husband who is happy to be my partner in DIY crime. Lydia, great minds think alike!!! I actually thought of doing just that in our itty bitty bedroom. We haven’t decided either way yet, could happen. This weekend we are going to test paint colors for the bedroom walls – right now our two choices are Sherwin Williams Silver Gray or Curio Gray. What is your art pro opinion?!
Would love some input.