You're listening to the A Beautiful Mess Podcast. This week we're talking all about

painted exterior brick. I've learned so much from painting three houses in a row and

this last time we did things a little bit differently and I learned even more. I know

the painting brick can be controversial but we're passionate about how much it can improve a home like my 1990s half brick half stucco home

The difference is night and day. It's magical

We're also answering a listener question about wedding

registry must-haves. This week's episode is sponsored by Lealani. We'll chat

more about them later in the episode. All right, so let's talk about painted brick. This is

very controversial. Like you know the comments get heated? It's like funny to me

that it's even controversial. People care a lot about painting brick and they care a lot about how you store and display your books.

These are some controversial topics in our universe.

Okay, first off, how many times have you painted the exterior brick of a home? Not one, not two, but three times.

All right so first of all about five years ago we painted our first home when we moved to

Nashville and we painted about first home when we moved to Nashville,

and we painted about a year after we moved in.

And so we lived there for like four years

with the brick painted, no wear and tear,

except for the front porch where we step down you know where

we walk on it right and it's like also rains on and a little bit different that we

would touch up every year.

But the rest of the brick, no wear and tear, whatsoever.

And also, like, painting a floor is very different

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