Giving a traditional brick chimney a much needed facelift by cleaning and painting it white with a spray bottle. This chimney was original to the house; built in 1979. They used new bricks that were ‘faux’ aged with paint. This is still an active chimney. We are looking at it on the second floor, and the stove that was here was removed years ago and the hole plugged. The first step was brushing with a whisk broom and then thoroughly vacuuming the surface. Notice the subfloor? W…