Fireplace ideas
Daniel Cole
9 years ago
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Comments (11)My sister had a similar brick fireplace in a 1930s house. I jack-hammered up the hearth bricks (hire a large jackhammer to make light work of it) as it was a tripping hazard and all the bricks around the fireplace. I installed a black polished stone hearth, wood framed a surround and sheeted the outside. Bought a second hand Victorian arched fireplace and second hand mantlepiece. Installed a gas wood fire with fan. Once painted, it looks like the original fireplace has been restored. Before you do anything, check on the regulations for gas fireplaces in your area. It will need a flued chimney and need to be fitted by a gas technician. You will also need to have cross-ventilation in the room (floor grates or wall vents). Decide on your fireplace style and then re-design the hearth and opening based on the dimensions of the gas fireplace itself. The bricks above the opening can have battens fixed to it, then sheeted off with plasterboard to give a smooth finished wall. Decide on the look of the "chimney wall" above the fireplace and how it will be used i.e. just a similar look wall to the rest of the room, a feature wall (paint, brick, wallpaper etc), or will there be a large mirror or feature painting? Given the recess between the two brick columns, you could sheet the existing bricks to look like walls and keep the recess. In the recess, you could mount a TV or fix a large mirror or painting to fit the space which will make the room look larger and brighter. Consider dimmable lights on each side of the chimney. If you don't keep the recess between the brick pillars and keep the look of a smooth chimney wall, the hidden space between the pillars could contain wiring from the ceiling for lights and/or power points and cabling for a wall-mounted TV....See MoreFireplace design ideas
Comments (8)depending on the size of the room i would add a wall of high and low, closed and open bookshelves on both side of the fireplace but difficult to be specific without a plan showing size of the room and location of doors, windows and names of adjoining spaces...See MoreOpen Fireplace Ideas
Comments (13)Can you reorient the room to have the tv on the wall to the left of the fire, making the fire a more central feature and then allowing you to have more of an outside view rather than the lounge having its back to the outside? I think this and having some rugs ect in the room that compliment the rustic nature of the fire would help bring the room to life and improve the feeling....See MoreDesign idea for Fireplace in the living area and the feature wall
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