| When looking to make a house not only as low | | | | unable to work with, consider painting the brick |
| maintenance as possible but also as fire resistance | | | | into a color that is workable. |
| as possible, brick is usually the material of choice. | | | | When you are using brick as part of your |
| However, it is usually confined to the exterior of | | | | decorating scheme in regards to color, the first |
| the home and the fireplaces. You may however | | | | thing that you are going to do is to find the |
| have a number of brick outside the basic fireplace. | | | | dominant color within the brick. You will need to |
| This may be a few rows on the sides of the | | | | treat the brick the same way you would treat |
| fireplace or it can take up most of a wall and | | | | the fabric or other materials in a room that you |
| create something of a focal point for a room. | | | | are going to be using to help to determine the |
| Outside of that, you may want to expand the | | | | contrasting and complementary colors to the |
| brickwork especially if you are planning on | | | | dominant thread through color within the room. |
| remodeling. There are a number of benefits to | | | | For example, if you are looking at a pink or |
| the use of brick as part of the interior of a room. | | | | salmon color brick you may want to look at |
| The perception of what the brick does for your | | | | softer yellows, the cooler green colors and the |
| home may vary. It may bring a warm and rustic | | | | antique whites. |
| quality or it may bring with it a dark and imposing | | | | Buff or yellow color bricks are going to go well |
| feeling. It is important however to pay attention | | | | with neutral colors such as grays and browns, cool |
| to the color of the brick. This is because in most | | | | and warm respectively. You will want to consider |
| cases within a room, the fireplace is going to be | | | | subdued colors that will bring out the earthy tones |
| the focal point of the room and that means that | | | | found within the brick. The greater the contrast |
| it is going to be one of the primary considerations | | | | the more attention you are going to bring to the |
| when picking colors out for the room. You are | | | | brick. In order to bring the brick in to your design |
| going to want to either pull attention away from | | | | scheme more thoroughly consider putting touches |
| the fireplace in the face of a commanding or | | | | of the dominant color of the brick into things such |
| imposing structure or you may want to draw | | | | as fabrics or accessories in order to tie |
| attention to the fireplace and complement the | | | | everything together. |
| colors within the rest of the room. | | | | When the natural color of the brick does not |
| The color of the brick is ultimately determined by | | | | work, consider painting it in order to allow it to be |
| the clay that is used to create it. The different | | | | used into the design theme more effectively. Paint |
| mineral content of the clays based on where they | | | | it to match the trim in order to increase the |
| are from and the fact that they each respond to | | | | attention to architectural details. If this creates |
| the firing process differently is what allows brick | | | | too much of a focal point consider painting the |
| to range in color from a buff yellow color to the | | | | brick several shades darker while using only the |
| dark red brown that many people associate with | | | | mantel to match the trim. Brick takes a particular |
| brick. Coatings that are sometimes added during | | | | method and types of paint to make sure that the |
| the firing process also have an effect on the | | | | paint is handled correctly by the brick and comes |
| actual color and texture of the brick as well. If | | | | out looking the right way in regards to shape and |
| the brick is a hue that is something you are | | | | texture. |