{"id":4079,"date":"2016-04-03T17:59:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T22:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=4079"},"modified":"2016-04-03T19:06:06","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T00:06:06","slug":"diy-fireplace-wip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2016\/04\/diy-fireplace-wip.html","title":{"rendered":"DIY Fireplace Transformation: Work in Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"After<\/a>

After one coat of gel stain and one coat of primer. But the difference is profound.<\/p><\/div>\n

I thought you might like to see our progress. Frankly, I haven’t done much personally with this project. Jacob unloaded the bookcases for us, and Dave is doing everything else.<\/p>\n

For reference, here’s the “before” look. I am loving how this is going to look!<\/p>\n

\"Our<\/a>

Our next (small) DIY project, freshening up our fireplace.<\/p><\/div>\n

And here’s a picture of the partially painted brick. I am very happy to not have to look at those colors anymore.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>

A true “work in progress” picture.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought you might like to see our progress. Frankly, I haven’t done much personally with this project. Jacob unloaded the bookcases for us, and Dave is doing everything else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[306,648,646],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-13N","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4127,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2016\/04\/diy-fireplace-reveal.html","url_meta":{"origin":4079,"position":0},"title":"DIY Fireplace Transformation: The Reveal!","date":"06 April 16","format":false,"excerpt":"Tonight Dave finished up the fireplace paint job. 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