Love your fireplace, but wanting to do a complete rehaul without all of the expense of hiring someone? I did exactly that through this technique and I’m going to teach you exactly how to German Schmear! This gives you a quick updated fireplace for about $50 instead of spending money on expensive stone work. My main goals were to keep the beauty of the brick without fully covering it (like whitewash will typically do) and brighten the room up, making it look fresh and modern, but still cozy. You see my dilemma. I want fresh and modern and bright but still cozy… that’s hard to achieve, but German Schmear gave…
