Help with fireplace design!
Brittany Kruse
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Help 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 MoreHelp with new fireplace design-lake home
Comments (6)I would actually make the fireplace smaller than advised above, and smaller than the blue tape on wall in the picture. First, it's not a huge wall, and the ceiling looks to be right around 8 ft. or 8'8" at the most on that wall. Putting a fireplace surround all the way up to the ceiling is going to bring the ceiling down visually, and whatever material is used will look too heavy for the size. Something modern and uncomplicated , like a drywall bump out with the firebox recessed and flat slate or something around it? I wouldn't do elaborate moldings or a wooden mantel as that would draw attention to the lack of molding in the rest of the room. From the picture, the placement looks problematic. Most people want to use the fireplace as a focal point and arrange seating around it. The space chosen looks like it is a walk through from another room, and if so it couldn't be blocked by any furniture. Unless it is the space currently occupied by the tv? It's hard to tell from the pictures....See Moremore help needed with fireplace design, pictures included!
Comments (71)I had no clue Laura Ashley made paint! Where have I been? I haven't seen it around here, then again, I always just go to BM... would like to see some of LA's colors..they must be really nice. (thats all I need is another interior painting spree..lol) no..no luck with the adobe photo shop..it took alot of disk space as well, now I have to uninstall..a huge disappointment , as I was so anxious to learn and play with my houseÂ. Long ago, my brother gave me a program, it was on a CD.. (when we were in my first house) I had a very hard time using it. .put it away, then when we moved here, I took it out and it was out dated and would run in my new computer, so that was the end. When I joined this forum, I started on the cleaning forum (my favorite past time. .lol) then I bopped on here and I was so amazed how things can transform so beautifully.. I was dying to see my house in different colors and landscape, porch etc.. so I will keep trying to find a trial program again. .if you may know of any, please pass it on.. adobe is not working at allÂRee...See More*Time Sensitive* Fireplace Design Questions
Comments (13)“Raise the hearth so that you can sit on it.” I disagree with @Patrick A’s recommendation. I am glad the OP commented in a subsequent post that she won’t be doing that. For others who might look at this thread, the reasons I don’t like a raised hearth for sitting are that no one sits on them because they’re at an uncomfortable height to sit, it’s hard on your back to sit on a ledge like that, and if the fire is going, it’s too hot to sit right against it. A raised hearth large enough for sitting also visually intrudes in the room, can make sofa and chairs harder to place, and makes the room appear less expansive....See Moredarbuka
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