I meant to say WITH a mantle and hearth

what are your floors? and it's hard to say without seeing any other rooms, is this a great room or a living room that is seen from your kitchen? will the mantle need to go with other wood in the area?

There are plenty of sources on the internet for surrounds. You can order them in the exact size and sometimes prefinished.

https://www.mantelsdirect.com/traditional_wood_mantels.html

Take a look, narrow it to three options and post again.

Bev - interesting. I wasn’t aware such a site existEd. These are a little too traditional for me but I really appreciate the resource,

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Jennifer - i don’t have a pic of the floor handy - but I’m just asking for inspiration / ideas for a sleek fireplace surrounds. Ideas are appreciated!

Great room

Looks fantastic.

Any plans to replace that brass fireplace screen? Maybe a nice looking glass door would be appropriate. How about some artwork over the fireplace?

YES! Looking for a screen and art. No glass door since it is wood-burning.

Any reason why you would not want a glass door. Glass doors are specifically made for wood burning. Main reason being that when you burn a fire you normally leave the damper open all night as the fire dies out. With glass doors, you can close them when the fire is dying out and leave the damper open, so you don't get all that cold air coming into the home at night.

Glass doors will normally have mesh curtains or backup wire mesh doors behind the glass so you can burn the fire with the doors open. Some glass doors can also be burned with the doors closed.

Not that other types of screens might be appropriate, I am more curious why you think glass doors would not be good for wood burning.

New info for me. Thanks.