Ideas for a fire surround
Hello
We're renovating our recently bought house and we would like to change this fire surround which is currently made of plastic material ( painted pink ) and has artificial tiles around it too. The pink wall colour will also be changed to white and flooring will also be changed.
Does anyone have any good ideas of what to do with this?
Thanks for your help.
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PROEdward Pett Design
5 years ago
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honeypoppet
5 years agoI always think that it's a good idea to have a fireplace as a feature in a living room (it quite often helps in view of resale too). I've done a couple of quick mockups using a split-face tile, with different wall colours.
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5 years agoThe room looks to have Victorian proportions? Are you planning a wholesale change or just painting and flooring? What kind of look are you going for in the house? Contemporary, traditional? A reclaimed or reproduction fireplace would look lovely, and be my choice, but if you're going for a sleeker look older houses can also work really well with modern designs.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThanks honeypoppet and shjuly71 for your ideas! I'm planning on stripping off the pink painted wall paper, skim and then paint ceiling and walls white for the time being. I'll be having light oak colour floors. I'm currently having a rear extension built which will have a modern look but planning to keep the living room and hallway traditional as it has the original covings, ceilings etc. Here is a full picture of the room.
shjuly71 - the traditional style you posted does look very nice and has so much character but sleek and modern also looks nice too!
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoEmily
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