[ladyhouse]

The bricks at the foot of my fireplace need some refreshing. They look to have a brownish color stain (that is slowly coming off) and many layers of the surrounding wood floor's wax on them. Does anyone know what I should use to remove these substances off the brick and anyway to liven up the brick. I do like the richer brown look.

I have considered taking out the brick and substituting for another nice looking stone but I don't know if these are brick veneer or regular brick that would go down deep into the floor. I would guess the later since the home was built in 1929.