We had a 20 foot traditional red brick fireplace in our living room. In trying to make the room more current/transitional we decided to paint out the brick. But, we didn’t want it to look just “painted”. Chris brought brick samples that he had used a combination of stain and paint mixed in different ratios. We decided on a mixture that Chris used to paint the entire fireplace and we love it! While painted, the essence of the brick still comes through the off-white color which is exactly what we were hoping for.