Living room thoughts on chimney breast and window dressings
I've ordered a new fire/surround, in Portuguese limestone, picture attached, but before it arrives, I'm contemplating having a fake chimney breast built.
There's no chimney breast in the living room, it being external to the house wall, and so is a little bit featureless to my mind (although hubby disagrees!). The feature it does have though, is a window on either side of the fireplace. Picture attached.
Should I have a fake breast built or forget that and go with the new surround on its own which is actually a bit bigger, in both height and width, than the current one.
Also, getting rid of the vertical blinds, thinking about wooden venetians or perhaps a Roman blind for the small windows on the fireplace wall.. Should I forget the curtains on these little windows.
Thanks for your thoughts/input.
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lspendl 828
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Comments (12)Yeah Louise I've had a look and they are expensive. I've made my decision now and am going for wide wooden venetians on their own. I've wanted them for quite a while just wasn't sure if they would be ok on their own. After looking at lots of pics I think they will look great. going to a Hillarys store later and they offer a measuring service or I can measure them myself and go via the web-blinds site so much cheaper to do that. Going the whole hog and getting them for the whole house. Really appreciate everyone's time thanks to all of you....See MoreChimney breast - creating a stylish TV recess
Comments (21)Hello, It seems to me that the chimney sticks out about 350 - 400mm into the room. That's a lot of potential space. The TV is probably 50mm deep. That leaves 300mm of space doing what? I would suggest removing the chimney breast completely throughout the house. This should not cost more than about £5,000. Then I would build a bit of stud for the TV and any other elements I wanted and gain additional space on the ground floor and first floor. If you remove the chimney on the ground floor get an engineer to design a suitable support and remember any structural supports have to be signed off by building control....See Morefeature colour on chimney breast thruway to dining room.
Comments (17)Hi again I was in the same as far as paint goes, I’ve went for pure brill white easy care by delux, I like delux paint tbh, goes on well and no issues, the easy care really is pretty tuff, I always add colour with either a feature wall or the furniture, tbh a pure white room is a hard thing to pull off! I found a great grey by crown, don’t generally like crown but thought I’d give it a go as it was on offer,it’s stunning and very hard wearing, I actually went and bought 3 more tins as it was being discontinued! If I was you I’d prob go white and add colour with some nice pictures and accessories or furniture, ps, this is just from my viewpoint, paint is so hard to navigate, I’ve got crown for the feature wall in the new livingroom scheme and f&b for the wall, door and skirting...See Morehow to dress a Victorian Bay Window - living room
Comments (22)They are lovely windows! I think the windows would actually look better without the curtains. Do you close the curtains at night for privacy when sitting in the room? Or just close at night going to bed? I think shutters might look too much for the big windows and you need something simpler. I like roman blinds. Or how about just curtains at the 2 sides, and when pulled back at the sides they are swept away from the walls/windows.... or held back with a hook/holder?...See Moreminnie101
7 years agolspendl 828
7 years agoThese are the curtains I'm thinking of for the main window, maybe Romans to match. Although if I did do this, what type of blind would go on the main window? Fireplace wall will probably be a painted in a pale warm grey ( north facing room).
Like the idea of a sunburst mirror, Minnie, will start having a look around.
As for the chimney breast, hubby isn't happy with you but I'm with you.
minnie101
7 years agoI should have asked though, exactly how much bigger is the fireplace? Something like this would work giving everything a little room to breathe
The curtains will look great for a north facing room. For the blinds you could go plain grey, white or yellow (depending on that wall colour) or white with a grey border at the bottom for example or even another geometric with the same colours but a much smaller scale pattern
lspendl 828
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThe new fireplace is 136cm wide (old one 131cm) and 116cm high (old one 110cm).
I love the look of the main wall in the picture above. What do you think of this mirror? Its diameter is 110cm.
As for blinds, I like what you've suggested for the two little windows on the fireplace wall as privacy isn't an issue here. However, the main window to the front (which is massive) needs a blind for privacy. would it be a no-no to put a wooden venetian here which would mean two different blind types in one room? I'm guessing so but what to do|?
This is the blind that John Lewis sell, supposedly in the same fabric as the curtains already posted, but the colours/pattern are the opposite way round. Good to put together or not? I'm still thinking little windows only - and probably to hang inside the recess (?) although I know this reduces the light.lspendl 828
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agolspendl 828
7 years agolspendl 828
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoNow decided, no chimney breast and yes to sunburst mirror. Still stumped by blinds.
Blinds thoughts:
1. Really like the idea of romans in the two small windows to match/compliment main window curtains but want privacy on main window (picture attached) but how? No curtains on small windows.
2. Alternatively, white/ivory wooden blinds on all 3 windows. Still no curtains?
Sorry to mither you all but hubby is sick to death of me trying to reach a decision!!
Sofa being swapped for two brown leather sofas (one large, one small) currently in conservatory. Side board also going in there out of the way for now.
Thanks all so much for your help.
lspendl 828
7 years ago
minnie101