Fireplace Makeover

I am planning a fireplace makeover. I have a shopping list for the tools and supplies I'll need. I need to find some floor protection. I am going to go to a paint store in town to get that.

I will also need a utility knife and a hammer for my fireplace makeover. I think that I have those items in my laundry room. I will check before I head out to the store.

I read that I'll need a pry bar and a wide putty knife for my fireplace makeover. I know that I don't have those items and I'll stop by WalMart before I start my project to purchase them. While I'm there, I'll check on their price for safety goggles.

I went by my local Home Depot and purchased a dust mask and a grinder with a wire brush. The employee that I discussed my fireplace makeover project with told me that I was going to need those things.

My boyfriend stopped by Lowe's and purchased a circular saw with a diamond blade. I think that my father has one of those, so that was a complete waste of money. My fireplace makeover project is going to stay on budget even though we purchased a saw that we don't need.

My neighbor got excited about my fireplace makeover project and offered to loan me plastic sheeting to make a dust tent and his shopvac vacuum. I was hoping that he also had a fan, but I was out of luck.

I have a power drill in my utility room that has never been used. I was given this drill by an old boyfriend as a birthday present. I didn't want it, but I graciously accepted it. The drill even has a mixer attachment that I can use for my fireplace makeover project.

I also have a tape measure and a carpenter's pencil that my little brother gave me in a box of junk. I even found a margin trowel in the box. I'm not sure what it was doing in there, but I needed one for my fireplace makeover.

My mother asked if there was anything that she could give me for my fireplace makeover project. I gave her a list that included a tile cutter, grout float, grout sponge and a foam brush. She brought over the supplies and a casserole for dinner.

The last things that I need for my fireplace makeover project are scrap wood, a mantel kit, wood stain and polyurethane. I will also need tiles, 2X4s, 2X2s, grout and mortar. I am not going to use an acrylic additive in my mortar.

I thought that I was finished buying for this fireplace makeover project and I was really close to my budget when I realized that I had forgotten just a few things. I had to run out to the store and get staples, a notched trowel, plastic joint spacers, a level and wood screws. My father ended up having the pneumatic nail gun and the construction adhesive.