Affordable idea to modernise this electric fireplace all area?
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armchairshopper
5 years agoI looked at your idea book, and think that your inspiration is adaptable to your room. To accomplish this, you would need to:
1. Remove the outdated tile from around the fireplace.
2. Repair retexture and repaint the drywall where the tile was removed. Paint the wall with flat black paint.
3. Determine whether the space behind the right side of the fireplace wall can be used for the firewood box. If so, construct a firewood box. If not, consider making a black wood frame, paint the interior black, glue thin slices of firewood inside the box. Mount the box on the wall.
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5 years agoAnything could be dated tomorrow. That is what keeps the home furnishing and interior design (or most other) businesses going.
Someday Soon asked for an affordable idea. I just showed a picture from Someday Soon’s idea book. My suggestions assumed that Someday Soon had some skills and some tools. If Someday Soon does not have tools, they could just paint everything on the fireplace area black, including the tile, which would eliminate the drywall repair steps.
An an alternative to real wood would be a small amount of wallpaper in a frame to simulate the fireplace box. I would put it in a frame hung on the wall, and not glue the wallpaper directly to the wall. I have been in wallpaper hell enough times that I know how fast wallpaper can become dated, and how hard it is to repair the damage caused by wallpaper.
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