I would go a few shades lighter than your current wall color. I would not try to force gray into the room.

Great thought no grey- dhould i paint wholr room 1 color or accent fireplace?

L shape has another set

And i have railings

to contend with too

I would go with something softer than the current mirror (and take away the dry sticks to the left of the firebox)

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Yes mirror is going. i do want more modern farmhouse

???

square or round above fireplace?

same color as tile or walls to top of fireplace?

This is the grout edge around the tile which iswhy its painted as is

Here is a painting for over F/P.

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Wow Love the pic - should the shiplap be horizontal or vertical? how do i

finish the side edge and where it will meet the grout ?

you want modern farmhouse? with that fireplace tile?? Really isn't going to work w/that style.

You could try an finagle something like this look

what do you think about redoing the fireplace?

This is a black slate tile all the way up to the ceiling. looks better than the way you have yours.

can you guys DIY at all?

you could do a skimcoat overlay of type of concrete or roman plaster

I'd prob just knock off all that tile, but you could fir it out and put up cement board, skim coat that.

plaster or overlay the bottom potion, and do a reclaimed wood above it

if you remove that tile, you could just face the wall w/a shiplap and do a black tile border edge around the firebox.

here's a black and white type of shiplap

Or something like this look.

These will all work w/modern farmhouse style. what you currently have, really doesn't. Since that is a major focal point, I'd think hard about redoing it.

pick paint after you pick your furniture and any other accessories. much easier to match paint to that than matching furniture you like to paint

Great ideas -

this is a wood burning fireplace - prior to this was a franklin and a brick corner. —-rather than tearing out the brick , it waS styled like this

Ill have to work with what Ive got - floor to top of tile is 49”

top of tile to ceiling is 40”

Im thinking paint might be the easiest

Id love a mantel like top picture but not safe above a wood burning option

- modern farmhouse may not be the right style after all

You don't have much to lose by just painting the area above the tile and putting up a bright painting to bring color to the area. I think the tile is fine, wall color is just a little too dark.

For now, paint and a painting are your easiest and fastest ideas. But if you get the time, consider some of the ideas Beth showed you. A fully tiled wall to the ceiling, in a darker color, will make the fireplace more of a showpiece.

red ryder. I think I was trying to make the fireplace stand out by previously painting it that dark color . The room is small and awkward "L" shape with corner fireplace-

With my husbands big black TV, I think a full darker fireplace wall would feel closed in too

My goal is to lighten and declutter the room

I've already painted the spindles in the railing white

there s a buffet as well that I try in different spots

I do have this painting but wondered if it should be bigger and go the other way

Love all your help

Painting is cute. Might be a little large. Maybe better the size of firebox. I would get some pillows in colors of painting and maybe a box on coffee table to hold remotes

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Even though your new floors are fairly light, they will look darker than your current carpet, so I'd keep the walls very light. Look for a warm or nuetral white paint. Wait until your floors are installed to choose the paint. Then choose your furniture, sticking with warm tones and staying away from gray. Your current sofa color is fine and the spcae would look lighter with a glass or light stone cofee table. I would paint the fireplace the same white color as your walls if you are keeping that tile, so it doesn't stand out so much on a dark surface. Then find a large, colorful piece of art to use above the tile on the fireplace.

So many wonderf ideas ideas. we will notice chznge withe flooring as light throughout entire hose and we are repacing all carpet w same flooring- fr , lr lr, dr fr, sreps, hall and 3 bedrooms