Cream colored fireplace ?

I I have a cream colored fireplace and it has brown mortar. It looks really boring and old. The walls around it are a latte color and I decorated with like a brick red colored furniture. My question is what would be the easiest way to update this look? I thought about doing some type of stone over it. I also thought about glazing it somehow with a red color. Or do you have any ideas? Preferably something I could learn to do myself.Thanks