Help Update late '80s fireplace!
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Comments (44)What a beautiful and perfect table you found! Hubba hubba - those legs are just gorgeous. Well done and thanks for calling out to me. As for the chair mix, I think four beige and two merlot would be lovely. I think you like a traditional look, so I'm a bit worried that you won't be happy with it. If the table will normally be smaller with four beige chairs around it and maybe put the two merlot ones on either side of the radiator cover/"console", then definitely do the mix. Mismatched chairs around a dining table are often all different or the same make and model in a multitude of colours or the same colour in different styles. Do a Houzz search and see if you can find your planned mix and if you like the look. If in doubt, get four beige and look at them for a while! You could tie the two chair colours together with little cushions on the chairs - maybe just on the two merlot ones. Both of these are too big, I think, but the colours are good. http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/reasonhome/product/pondicherry-flower-silk-cushion-cover http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/emmalonsdale/product/chit-chat-rectangular-cushion This one might be the right size: http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/jennysibthorp/product/lobster-pot-screen-printed-natural-linen-cushion I covet the table already so I can't wait to see him all polished up.......See MoreIdeas for updating a 1990s style red brick inglenook
Comments (11)Hello erross, Ah well.. hahah never mind.. I may have suggested placement based on someone else's furnishings but there's possibly something to get out of it nonetheless. Glad you're going with the wood burning stove idea. If you didn't choose a double door stove like Trish suggested, there are single door options too.. It has more flame visibility with a larger glass window... There are so many to choose from.. We had a Jotul at home where I grew up.. It was magnificent.. you could take the top off and smoke fish.. It was long rather than wide but the heat was amazing.. There was an open fire at the other end of the room too, but it had a little window to open so you could see the flame if you wanted .. You could then have an option to have a longer but slightly slimmer stove and store a pile of logs at the side of the chimney.. : )) http://www.stovesco.co.uk/store/stoves/wood-multifuel/763/burley9112.php or Jotul idea.. This one is an old one.. Exactly like the one we had at home.. but.. there are more modern versions and Jotul is available all over the world.. For old maybe Ebay.....See MoreFireplace challenge
Comments (24)If you want to try working with the fireplace still in situ, I'd definitely remove the chunky hearth bit with its ugly ramparts and replace with a slab of granite or similar. If you also remove the flared top bit, you could then try framing it all with a wooden surround, as in Dolly's first pic, or like Minnie's pic, just replace with a simple mantel. I actually like the yellow wall paint but the band of white above the picture rail is very jarring and makes the fireplace look even squatter. We decided we couldn't live with the hideous brick fireplace in our new home and so we removed it, re-plastered the wall and made way for a big sofa instead. However, there isn't a chimney breast in our room as the chimney is external, so we were able to turn the room around. Good luck and I hope you love your end result!...See More80s Fireplace
Comments (7)What it looks like you have there is a gas fire called a valor ultimate slimline which is designed to go into what we would call a precast flue, which basically is a slim flue system, wood burners would require class 1 flue systems like your traditional brick built chimney with a chimney stack, if you look on your roof you may have a raised ridge tile this would confirm wether or not it is precast flue as shown in the picture. If this is the case the only way you could have a woodburning stove is to run a external flue up the side of the house if it is a semi or detached property and you could house the stove in a false chimney as suggested but this can be quite a costly affair with all the flue components required. Otherwise you will require a gas fire which is suitable for a precast flue, if you require any further advice please don't hesitate to ask....See MoreCoates Design Architecture + Interiors
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