Take the 2-minute tour ×  The chimney is a wide column in the
middle of the living room. The finish on this chimney sort of
evokes brick, but I don't think it is. It reminds me of stucco,
but it isn't that either. The house was built in 1975.  I'm
trying to determine what it is so I can answer the following
questions:    1. Can I remove the bumpy finish, make the indoor
surfaces of the chimney smooth, and paint it?    2. What's
usually behind this kind of finish on a chimney? Brick? Drywall?
3. If I wanted to screw a pull-down flatscreen mount above the
fireplace, how would I anchor it?  Close-up of the material:
Picture of the room for context:   share|improve this question I
would call it - very hard to duplicate. –  DMoore Aug 5 '13 at
15:19 This is an image on google images for stucco
-google.com/…. Yours is obviously more regular and deeper but
looks to be basically the same. –  bib Aug 5 '13 at 15:52 is the
texture hard, or soft. if it is soft, i would think it is
plaster, but if it is hard, depend