Convert bay window to fireplace
We moved into our house 3 years ago and we miss one thing a fire.
We want to get a wood burning stove but there is nowhere that it works in the room. The corners are too close to curtains or sofas.
We have a bay window in the middle of the room and we had considered putting a fire in it with the flue going up in front of the window but have decided that it just wouldn't look right.
Our last idea is to take out the main window and brick it up and build a false chimney in the middle to enclose the stove and make it look like it belongs there .
Obviously it is going to be expensive, but not as expensive as moving home. We love everything else about our home. We have plenty of light in the room from French doors and other windows so not concerned about that .
What do people think is it a good /bad idea? Also what would be the best way to visualise roughly what it might look like. Is there any good software I'm rubbish with photoshop.
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Catherine HW
5 years agoYou could create something like this, incorporating the windows to the sides? (Pic from Pinterest :-) )
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Comments (11)Hi @Emma Lamb. I'm super up for a reconfiguration, but don't really know what else to try. I've had various arrangements in the past and this is the best yet. In an ideal world, we wouldn't have the furniture all against the walls, but we do yoga in here so we need the space. The two chairs are meant to angle in a little more than they were when I took the picture (after the Christmas mess!), but the one closest to the kitchen really just sits awkwardly blocking access to the kitchen and occasionally hiding the fish tank :( If you have any suggestions of things to move around, I'd be really up for hearing them. I know I want to keep the table where it is as I like to sit in the window while I'm working, the sofa and speakers are also pretty stuck in place due to listening angles, but the chairs, dresser, side tables, storage unit and small table holding the fish tank can all move. I'm planning to remove the fish tank table from the mix when the cabinet arrives, but they are similar in size so I could plan around either just now. I think I will go with Roman blinds and now just debating whether to get them made up or do them myself. The middle window will need more than one width so it will be a lot of matching, but I'm going to speak to the fabric store and see how I feel. So excited to get them in situ!!...See MoreHow to make large bay windowed room useful and beautiful.
Comments (19)I agree, would try swapping the snuggle chair and sofa and move the tv to the other side of the fire. I’d also move the chair in the bay and angle it towards the seating and add a Kentia palm. You could try both a larger rug and larger table lamp. I’ve posted this cushion before but thought you may like it and it introduces another colour. I might add a coffee table and rearrange art slightly but would be good to see how the layout changes work. You have some lovely things, they just need adding to in terms of accessories? I can’t get into F&B website atm and not famIliar with their new whites but maybe schoolhouse white would work? I’d paint the frieze and the piece above it too...See MoreSmall Living Room with Bay Window Layout
Comments (2)I would probably just put a comfy armchair in the top right corner facing the sofa and a chair in the bay (something which doesn’t visually fill the room). however it depends on how many you need to sit on a daily basis, whether a tv is going in the room etc. You could also put a small sofa/loveseat on the top wall, choose something on legs, with narrow arms and something that doesn’t contrast too much with the walls. Again a chair in the bay or look for a modern chaise or put in a window seat if you’re having shelves built anyway. A good trick is to mask things out with masking tape (or boxes are good if you happen to have any lying around 😂)...See MoreTo bay or not to bay? What should I do with my bay window???
Comments (13)It would be a shame to remove such an unusual bay window. Very few windows go right down to the floor like this. In many ways this creates quite a modern look as well as being a beautiful original feature. Have you thought about extending directly out from the kitchen, incorporating the utility (and maybe part of the covered passage?). This could be 2 storey with lots of glazing/bifold doors to the garden with lovely views back of your spectacular bay window. Take the wall down between the kitchen and bay window room to make it all open plan whilst retaining an interesting shape. If you still want a separate utility this could be put into the rear area of the garage, maybe with a WC. Upstairs, you could put in a shower room in part of the existing bedroom 3 next to the bathroom and with the extension it would be a good size bedroom, probably large enough to be the master with dressing room area. This should help to increase the value of the house by creating what everyone wants for a master bedroom....See MoreWarren G
5 years agoSorry I should have said this is at the side of the house no upstairs windows above it.
We still have another window to the front and french doors to the back of the room. The bay looks out onto the glorious views of our neighbours garage.
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Carolina
5 years agoDoes it have to be a wood burner? Have you considered bio ethanol or even an electric fire?Apparently there are some really convincing electric fires
on the market now. https://www.dimplex.co.uk/opti-myst
https://www.imaginfires.co.uk/bioethanol-fireplace
You could place a sofa in front of the bay window and create a fireplace/TV wall on the long wall.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI found these few pictures with quick Google..
Admittedly, the one in the second picture has a significantly better view than your neighbour's garage!Carolina
5 years agoOur flu isn't exposed to wind. If you google flu pipes on the exterior of houses, it really only looks good on modern houses. Or you'd need to have a brick structure built, which would possibly need footings etc.
I'd ask a fireplace expert/builder what the options are. I honestly think an alternative fireplace will be a better option. And you could hire a garden designer to design a lovely garden on the side that will hide the neighbour's garage, with the money saved.
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