Exposed Brick walls

[united4ever]

would they look naff in a 1960s semi? on one wall in a kitchen extension. I do t know if they are fashionable or not but always thought they have a cosy feel. I guess my house may not even have brick behind the plaster then given its 1960s. anyone done it?

I am not a fan, currently have one in a very old house (400 yrs old),might be different with newer bricks but I find it dusty and dark looking.

I think it would look great actually. Who cares if it's fashionable. I think it's brings a lovely texture to any room if there's decent bricks behind the plaster.

I love the look if the bricks are a warm colour. My friend has an exposed brick wall in her kitchen and she's accessorised the kitchen with copper utensils and pans. Looks lovely, I always get a bit envious as it would be impossible to achieve in our house.

I really hate them, especially those orange sixties bricks.

internal walls are not built to be looked at. They may be made of blocks, but even if bricks, they will be cheap ones not resistant to frost and weather, with no pleasing finish to them. Older houses may be built with reject bricks, mis-shapen and irregularly burned, that could not be sold for facing brickwork.

The bricklayer will have thrown them up quickly and carelessly, with uneven gaps, and may have been an apprentice or labourer. With luck their will be some mortar between most of them, but they were intended to be hidden behind plaster.

I don’t think it looks particularly ok unless it’s a warehouse/factory conversion. So personally I think it does look a tad naff in a bog standard house. Having said that, it’s your home so you could just do what you want - brick walls, Victorian fireplaces, a steel staircase or sash windows etc.

I am not feeling good about this. I am a big fan of moving toward the light. Lighter colours of paint on all walls.

Incredibly naff

I quite like them... love it when they are used in side return extensions :-)

My 60s house hasn't got brick tho it's got horrible looking cinder block or something.

We have barrel vaulted brick and beam ceilings, but the house was built in the 1750s.

A 60s house is unlikely to have brick, and even if it did it is unlikely to look good once the plaster is stripped off. However it's quite possible to "fake it". Friends have recently had these put upwww.ukfeaturewalls.com/old-brick-feature-wall-tiles I was very sceptical, and thought they would look a bit cheap and nasty, but they actually look good. They look like real bricks rather than tiles stuck on the wall! Alternatively, if you are extending you can have a new wall left as exposed brick, thus putting you in control of the colour and type of brick.

The question of whether they are fashionable is a bit of a moot point unless you aren't planning to be in the house for very long. So long as you like them that is what matters. However if you were planning to sell in the next few years you might want to consider whether it would put buyers off (the perceived "hassle" of replacing/covering up etc).

Personally I think whether they work depends on a number of factors. I think they work best in large rooms with plenty of light and that have an otherwise "light" finish (e.g other walls white, light coloured kitchen units). I also think they work well under glass ceilings. The friends referred to above had a side return extension on a Victorian Semi with a full glass roof over the side section. The "brick wall" is therefore entirely under glass and looks good.