advice on Victorian fireplace refresh!

last year

Hi everyone. We recently bought my parents Victorian house. It was refurbished by my dear Dad back in the 80s.. He reinstated a period fireplace and surround in the lounge (a 50s Baxi Bermuda had been put in place of the original!) the old outline was visible so he essentially sourced something period they liked and fitted it, so the surround and fireplace are originals but not original to the house. We are just not feeling the tiles and hearth combo at the moment!. Our plan is to reflect the chequer board tiles of the hallway to the hearth and then thinking of painting over the floral tiles or maybe replacing them with something bold. I wondered if anyone has any tips or suggestions? Attached pic (and yes that’s the original Victorian distemper paint under the wallpaper!) Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Ben

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katlucy
last year
We installed a very similar fireplace with authentic tiles in cream, dark green and dark amber and sourced curtains and wallpaper to match as a starting point and colour scheme …. but really the colour of the tiles are quite insignificant unless you make them so as we did .… the other elements in the room and the black of the fire can dominant…its up to you.
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Den Life Interiors
last year

I did something similar in a Victorian Property with the slip tiles. It was affordable but gives a real impact and means you have colours to play with the in the room and can just change up the accessories/walls to suit when you fancy a change again! Hope that helps a little?
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Juliet Docherty
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How wonderful to buy your parents' house. This website may help.

https://www.londonmosaic.com/heritage-quality-glazed-ceramic-tiles.htm
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last year
Thanks everyone. I guess the challenge is replacing the fire place tiles. No easy way to do that other than remove it and fitting them from the rear by the looks of it 😬

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