I think I need a bit more info as to what you mean by change. IMO those cabinets will not benefit from painting they are I guess quite lovely in the right space . I would remove them if you want a truly big change .I think you will need to be careful to not ruin the style of that space . Maybe post pics of the whole room I see a very traditionl chair so maybe those cabinets work in the space and all you need is much better lighting. What I see seems to work with those cabinets so please post more pics and do not start another post just add pics or any comments in this post.Right now remove all the stuff from the FP wall and shelves that all just adds to a cluttered look.

Hi there! I’m getting rid of all wallpaper, all European moldings, everything is getting repainted I just didn’t know how to work around these two fixtures I have. I was going to keep them and just change the stone out but someone suggested maybe I paint it all but I don’t know that would turn out either.

Furniture going as well

Hi. It depends.

1) Are there more pieces like this in the home?

2) What is your style (I see transitional and modern in your ideabook). It is okay for the elements of your home to be one style and the furniture and accessories another.

3) Currently your furniture looks traditional. Is this what you like and are going to keep?

If you're moving away from traditional then you do need to remove or update these pieces. They're very ornate. You could try to find a contractor and ask if they could just remove the ornate bits and then paint them. Are you just moving to transitional style? Have you decided on a color scheme? There are numerous pictures on Houzz of bars and fireplaces. Create an Ideabook and save pictures you like to give your contractor an idea of what you want. Of course you could completely remove both of them, but that niche is going to need something, and you will need to do something to update the fireplace.

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That is a lot of lions. I would not have chosen them but it would be a bit sad to lose every one of them because….sentimentality and frivolity?

Can you discern the quality of the wood? If not great, whatever you keep could be painted. For sure i’d remove wainscoat trim and wallpaper. Try to sell or give away whatever is salvageable. Then I’d think about simplifying the other woodwork. I might keep the 2 large lions by the fireplace because they make me smile—-

Thanks everyone! We are gradually renovating room by room. This living room is directly off my kitchen and of course my kitchen has its own interesting style lol (which will be done next) trying to soften up the house and lighten it up. I guess I need to start over on the estimates I received at this point

It depends on your budget and how eclectic you feel about this. See photo

Option 1

Here they took a traditional room, painted it white and used modern furniture. This would work very well and flow with the rest of the home, especially if you are going to change the rest of the home to an off-white trim.

Option 2

You could talk to a carpenter and ask him to modify the pieces, removing, for example the lion corbels and detailed crown. Then paint. (Might cost as much as to totally redo.

Option 3

Gut and start over.

You really need to take a look at the whole house and determine your vision, along with your budget.

If you remove the lions, I would reuse them in a fun, whimsical way: table legs, or something.

If you can keep the bookshelves by the fireplace and remove all the detailing, then ok.

If not, I’d remove it all.

The other piece - remove.

I Happen to like the striped wallpaper :)

Thinking if I remove these and paint and change stone will look good??

Consider retaining the fireplace applique as a nod to the traditional style.

Yes, making those changes, as well as the detailed crown molding would be a big difference. If you are remodeling your entire house, the first thing you should do is to create ideabooks of what you want your rooms to look like.