fireplace advice needed please!
Susie P
2 years ago
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Comments (6)I think you've got a great scope of colours going on in the tile. Carefully remove the white paint from the rest and then assess what you want to do. If you're having a contemporary kitchen with a deco mantle the choice of colour to tie it all together will be crucial but you've got loads of choice to go with. Grey if thats your thing would work well and possibly navy as well which is very 2017 (I'm led to believe) for kitchens. Taupes and darker neutrals would work very well also. The look really nice and with the height should work well....See MoreHelp! Remodelling a fireplace and desperately need some advice
Comments (15)I think what is blocking your ideas is the issue that any shelves built into these alcoves will be sat in the middle of a wall and usually this type of alcove would extend to the corner. Because of this issue I think that you should either:- Block up the alcoves and so you only have to find a fireplace that you like. Cover the alcoves with doors that looks like the wall and have invisible touch catches. Build in the alcoves but run skirting and coving in front of the space so that you can read the main room. Knock out the chimney brickwork so that your log burner is sat in the middle of a wider space. Treat the whole of the recessed space as one and run a hearth across all of it and give the walls in the recesses and across the chimney the same treatment for uniformity....See MoreRenovating fireplace - advice needed
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Comments (9)Is it painted or is that polished cast iron? I'm asking as there's a lot of detail visible, whereas a painted fireplace they'd look 'softer'. If it's painted then you only need to strip the paint if there's a load of layers or if it's flaking off etc. Looking at your fireplace, the details are very clear and probably ok to paint ( unless it's polished cast iron, in which case I've no idea). I'm painting one in a bedroom at the moment which I've washed, sanded the gloss very lightly before undercoating with Zinsser 123 (because I've got a massive tin of the stuff) and a few coats of white eggshell from a tin that needed finishing off. I coated the black section with Rustin's Matt black. Not the best pic, work in progress as it needs another coat. In an ideal world I wouldn't have this painted, but the wall colour forced my hand!...See MoreSusie P
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