Renovation Update: Whitewashed Fireplace

This post is a little, teensy bit overdue.

Over the summer, I decided to whitewash our fireplace to lighten up our living room.
I read a tutorial online that made it seem easy as apple pie.
Maybe it would be for most people, but considering my awful baking skills
it was just about as hard as baking pie. ;)
(It's all relative, people!)

The tutorial said it would take a measly 3 hours.
It definitely took me over 3 weeks.
I am sure that is due, in part to my perfectionistic nature
but I can assure you, 3 hours was quite optimistic.

The process itself was, in fact, quite simple.
All I did was mix trim paint with water,
painted it on the brick,
and wiped it off.

The tricky part for me was getting the layered effect
that I was desiring, keeping it consistent, and (since our bricks are sealed)
not over layering to the point of peeling paint
(I wanted to pull my hair out when that happened!).

I finally walked away from the project,
slightly dissatisfied but hopeful that it is an improvement nonetheless.
It is definitely more white than washed but
it does lighten up the room,
and I guess that was my overall goal.