Rental House...Quick and Easy Fireplace Update
Today, I am sharing our quick and easy DIY fireplace update.
We recently bought a house that we are using as a rental property (yay, land Barons)! It's a cute 1950's house that needed A LOT of TLC and elbow grease (so much for being a Baroness). We wanted something quick and easy but that would help our rental stand out in a competitive market. We already have a pallet wall in the kitchen at our house here that we love so we decided to give this fireplace a wood treatment.
Fireplace Before and after update.
The before. Not horrible. But not great. Definitely in need of some love.
Before pic of the fireplace
SUPPLIES:
Stain- We used 3 colors by Min Wax -Weathered Oak, Dark Walnut and Expresso. I like the water based wood stain.
Sponge paint brushes (I like these for stain).
Saw
Pneumatic Nailer
Pencil
I started by staining with Minimax stain. The top board is Expresso, the middle board is Dark Walnut and the bottom Weathered Oak. I stained the sides so if the boards were uneven you would not see unstained wood. We used new pine boards from Home Depot (our weekend date night hangout).
We (meaning hubby) cut the boards. We ended up using 6ft, 4ft and 2 ft sections.
On the bottom, hubby measured and cut as he went. The walls are terribly uneven, and it was just easier to hold the board up mark it with a pencil and cut. He nailed the boards using a pneumatic nailer.
As hubby worked his way up to the ceiling, the wall curves a bit. Cutting the boards in half lengthwise helped the boards fit better.
Finished! For about $65.00 and an afternoon of labor, this makes a great impact on how the house shows. Everyone that walked through the house commented on the wall. It was a great update to help this house stand out in the rental market.
A slightly better photo showing the color. Ignore the floors, I did mop them after I took these shots!
Quick and Easy Fireplace update
See- quick and easy! The fireplace is actually not a working fireplace. That makes us nervous about rentals.
Take a look at a few of the other DIY’s we’ve done:
Until next time,
-Libbie