Thank you all for your wonderful grey resources. I just tried to paint my bathroom EK Berry Red. Wish somebody told me I needed primer! Once I got the gray primer on, I decided I liked it better than red for the bathroom. I'm now trying to choose a shade of gray. I'm loving PPG Dover Gray, as well as it's lighter cousin Flagstone. I've also ordered samples from Barbara Jacobs for some of her full-spectrum grays. Since I had last seen her page, she's added eight new colors to her collection. The one that looks really promising is called timeless gray. Full spectrum gray seems kind of like an oxymoron doesn't it? I'll let you know how they look when I get them!

Thank you so much for all these ideas. I have eclectic taste but like contemporary, midcentury modern, global, a mix of these or other styles. For the space the astro console looks super cute. Here are some random things i've been collecting in carts that I like: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N79WZFS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 (I like rust color- don't know how to coordinate with grey etc.... but can swing to blue, red , green, darker grey, etc.) https://www.westelm.com/products/phoebe-chair-s2643/?pkey=e%7Cphoebe%2Bchair%7C3%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C3&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH (red could be nice too-just don't know how to tie in coordinating colors in the room) This coffee table looks neat but then what kind of console to get and is white the better color to design around or is taupe, dark brown better: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QUE7NFK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_12?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 Here it is in cement color: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NBF5JHF/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_16?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3SQ9YFE6CSCS0 I was hoping to decorate wall or nick naks with mediative/mind-body items like a painting of buddha or lotus and or horse painting. https://www.houzz.com/products/marmont-hill-fire-horse-by-irena-orlov-painting-on-wrapped-canvas-24x16-prvw-vr~84354093 https://www.icanvas.com/canvas-print/sitting-buddha-val346#1PC3-40x26 https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Charm-Peaceful-Decoration-Artwork/dp/B01MYGO95D/ref=sr_1_11?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1507078846&sr=1-11&keywords=lotus+print Thanks so much for the ideas! I attached screenshots of pics I like...

without a close up, it's really hard to tell. I wonder if you had one done in a resin if they could copy it. Does it have to be that dark? or that exact type of molding? this is a modern cast limestone and runs in the 3K neighborhood this is a pre-cast stone mantle Houzz carries these: Or, try here on Etsy. they make any size and could prob replicate that one for you https://www.etsy.com/listing/489642158/contemporary-cast-stone-fireplace-mantel https://www.etsy.com/listing/244955971/maddox-stone-fireplace-mantel?ref=landingpage_similar_listing_top-3&frs=1

1. thought to run chevron on top of the hearth and face of firepalce. not sure how much a slab would cost.(trying to do this on a low budget). 2. wasnt planning to put tile over the white panel at the front. might run baseboard across front caninets and fireplace and thr rest of the room. 3. it depends on cost of slab. might be good idea. Yes all thr brick will be covered and the cement board. we had to build forward the rest it was all brick previously. this is bow it looked like before: i dont have any computer programs to see how it would look. also how tonlayout the tole ok the face of fireplace? across id have to cut off 2”, and 4” extra froma nither sheet going up. should incut at thr top or bottom