Simply put, German Schmear is the art of making new brick look old and deliciously crumbly without the unwanted effects of those realities. It softens the color of your brickwork, or in some areas, covers it altogether, to achieve a weathered and distress

Take a look at my DIY German smear/schmear tutorial video to see how white washing brick a wall can look amazing! I share lots tips and techniques as I work through applying color over the brick and then the faux white morter in the video.

I didn’t do this to my stones very much but if you want to reveal more of the stone, do this every 20 minutes or so as you are painting. That was IT! How easy was that? I love how my new German Schmear Fireplace looks in my living room. It adds so much