Update a fireplace wall with HVAC register?

last year

Help!!! This wall could be the centerpiece of my living room but it needs a desperate update. What would you do? I like stone work, but I have HVAC registers on this wall. I could rip out the fireplace and put in one higher on the wall. I don't love the modern look; our home is colonial style.

Help please!! :)

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sezaneh
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last year

Thanks everyone. I need to get a better photo, but this is the current room. The fireplace is on the wall directly across from the windows. It is a half wall, as you can see, and the fireplace is visible as a pass through in the kitchen. I really wanted to find a way to do stone wall of some sort but I'm stuck with the AC air intakes. The ceilings in the room are high, like 12 feet or so.

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jck910
last year
Please post a picture of the entire room. That looks like an odd place to the FP
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
We need more context . Usually moving HVAC opens a can of worms BTW.
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That duct is up high so I don't see it as a problem. Everyone has them. By having art over the fireplace you are drawing peoples' eyes away from the duct anyway. Was your house built in the '90's by any chance? The fireplace looks exactly like mine. :-) If your style is colonial the fireplace already fits that. What is it that you don't like about it? I am planning on removing my mantel and marble surround and replacing it with something less traditional, but if yours is a good fit for your house and style you don't need to change it. The only thing I would do is to spray paint the brass on the screen black. I don't think there is anything to be gained by moving the fireplace at all. That would be expensive. If you don't like modern you don't want to replace it with a linear fireplace.
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Norwood Architects
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There are nicer registers available from home improvement stores. You could replace the existing registers and make them more of a feature.
3onthetree
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You have one at the ceiling and another at the floor. And that grille size does not equate to a "register," which is the term for a grille when blowing hot/cold air out, and usually they have adjustable vanes. In this case, the one up high would typically be a return grille. But with two in the same stud bay, I would suspect it may be for combustion air for a furnace closet behind the FP.
lharpie
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Do you have an inspo photo of what you want? i think the current fireplace matches the room well and something smaller makes sense given it’s only a half wall. but without having any idea of what you are encisioning makes recommendations difficult!
ladybug A 9a Houston area
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Do you have seating close to the FP? Do you need the ceiling fa there?
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Debbi Washburn
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I would get some molding details above the fireplace making it a much taller feature in the room . If it is prominent enough, you won't really pay attention to the grilles. There are also decorative grille covers you can get.

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The biggest issue I have with the whole fireplace vignette is the ceiling fan! Whatever you do to the FP, replace the fan with a can light that is directional to bathe the facade of the FP with light.

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