Stone Fireplace Design Help
952Melanie
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Help with fireplace design please
Comments (2)How wide are the units on either side of the fireplace? I think you are fine with stopping the stone at the mantel and drywalling above, but think it is more a question of putting the stone on just the face. If you can somehow make the stone join up with your cabinetry and hide the gap at the top, then absolutely just stone the front. If its a large space, you may need to do the sides and just make you hearth wider (if you are having one). I think I would go with the deeper cabinet from a storage standpoint and because you wouldn't have to fill in with as much stone. We are doing a very similar look and I will post a pic as soon as our cabinetry is installed....See MoreHelp with fireplace design please!
Comments (2)I'm not going to be much help except for one point. A custom cabinetmaker did my mantel and built ins in my living room after I showed him a picture. I wanted cabinets With doors on the bottom and bookshelves above those. He suggested that we make the cabinets full depth and the bookshelves shallower, so that they actually look like "bookshelves". This is a terrible picture, but gives you an idea of what I'm talking about....See MoreFireplace..eyesore or asset? counter/color scheme/ design help pl
Comments (28)Thanks so much to everyone. Romy718, your room is beautiful!! You do not need to wait for rugs & accessories to know that, it looks great and the colors are so pretty and work great together. Thanks for showing me. And I need to go on back to the backsplash thread and start looking up info on those tiles. I think the one that you said you were using in your own kitchen is my favorite...is it ok if our houses end up looking like cousins?! gpraceman, someday I hope to replace the slate hearth with soapstone. That was my plan for this remodel but budget got tight and we decided to just scrub down the existing slate hearth, my GC put some sort of sealer/enhancer on it; and we painted the shelf White dove same color as our trim. I'm not crazy about it, I really want a thicker distressed wood mantle, but it'll do for now. nyse2502, first, thank you Im so glad to hear you like my fireplace! This thread is from several months ago, in the meantime I had several other threads going round and round on what countertop material to choose. In the end I went away from the Sea Pearl, the Jet Mist, the Steel gray... and ended up with a Calcutta marble on my island that I love and a very plain almost solid gray Silestone on my perimeter which I am really happy with. It was a great solution for me. I got a (relatively) small little chunk of a gorgeous fragile material that I love, and then I have an extremely durable uncomplicated attractive counter everywhere else that I don't have to worry about. I admit to being totally overwhelmed and absorbed with my own reno that I haven't had tons of time to be looking at all the threads on here so maybe I missed it, but have you posted pics of your whole house reno? Sounds like a huge job, congrats on being done! I'll post a picture of my updated fireplace. This room still needs a lot of work...a rug, something on other side of fireplace, different mirror or something else on mantle, a screen for fp...but you get the idea. Thanks for all the support on this thread!...See MoreFireplace stone - Please help with design decision!
Comments (5)mjlb - I love that too! Although I didn't do that on mine, I think it would be an easy update. I also like the sconces on the columns. jakabedy - Oh good, I did something right? Thank you for that. I never really thought of the mini brick as contemporary (maybe the glass, but not the other) ... probably becuase it still has that traditional subway pattern. My main conern is using the same size (whether 1x2, 2x4, or 3x6) for both bs and fp. I also thought that using the smaller tile would provide more variation in the color of the stones, and give a bit of a casual, slightly rustic look????...See More952Melanie
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