Update: Once we moved in, we had several people in to look at this fireplace on structural issues. We knew when we bought the house that the floor in that hall area sloped a bit towards the fireplace. Turns out it wasn't just that bit of floor, it was also the DR and the adjoining end of the kitchen (the backside of the closet). It had also torn the drywall panel on the DR side of the wall as it sunk - not a seam, but the sheet itself. The underlying problem was insufficient footing of the FP when the house was built. Hmm. In the end there was no reasonable way to fix the issue, so we bit the bullet and had it removed. I miss my little brick walled DR, but I seem to be the only one. The lovely plastic wrap was in place for several weeks. We also had the floor raised, which is a definite improvement. (The stuff in the DR is a vanity waiting to go in the hall bath. When we took up the bath floor - guess what! - it was mostly rotten from a leak several years ago, so the bath progress is a little slower than anticipated.) We've chosen a new FP to go on the wall at the right side of this photo. It will be more or less like this with a black frame, but insides TBD: P.S. Remember that wallpaper in the DR and entry hall from the original photos? Turns out that that paper was a second layer over the original paper. The second layer was vinyl, strippable paper that came off in the usual fashion. The paper underneath was another story altogether. Evidently, the builders applied it directly to raw drywall. It was never coming off. We finally had to have the drywall guys in to mud over those walls and re-texture. The master bedroom and bathroom were the same story. This is the master bath which hasn't been redone yet. We think the original paper was a foil.

I am looking to do an accent wall with my fireplace wall I was looking for any suggestions of what I could do? I was thinking of doing a dark color on that wall like a dark teal or dark purple.

Installing a wall mounted small gas fireplace in our bedroom. The fireplace is 16" wide by 27" tall and arch shaped. It will be raised about 2 ft off the floor so that we can easily see it from bed. It will be built into a niche in the wall that was created for the potential fireplace during construction. The space is 30" wide and very close to a doorway so I need to keep the "design" within the 30". I'm searching for creative ways to use tile/decorate this area and am not finding anything even close to the ideas in my head. What I am thinking is that the space below the fireplace will be left open and I will put in decorate logs. That I found a pic of! I want to tile around the fireplace with maybe red subway tile with some accent tile included. Tile would then run up the sides of the 30" space to the ceiling, framing this area in sort of a chimney effect. We don't want to use the same red tile all the way up as it might seem too WOW for a space you want rest. My idea was to use chair rail and other trim tiles to create a sort of mantel effect right above the fireplace. There can't be an actual mantel due to being so close to a doorway/walking area. The small area between the fireplace and the ceiling I would stencil a design to be determined. Not sure if any of that makes sense but I would like to see other similar ideas and can't find anything. Almost all fireplace surround pics are just traditional floor fireplaces with just the usual tile and wood trim around. Yes there are modern fireplaces but usually those have the same tile going from floor to ceiling. Any ideas are appreciated!

First, that is likely a STONE veneer on the wall. If you don't like it you have to remove it. Or you could paint it. You can also remove part of the stone and add a timber mantel to the FP Here are the steps to get the stone off and the surround installed.