I have been inspired to
do this over my fireplace and hopefully will be a «honey - do» for when the weather is cooler in FL..
That is a much better design, I thought the drywall arch was ho hum, collaboration, I sure hope
they do the over the fireplace modifications
I am really liking the wood panelling look that you have
done over the fireplace....
I have the same wreath as
you do over your fireplace!
Not exact matches
Instead, build the fire in precisely the same way you would
do it in your
fireplace: crumpled newspaper, kindling made from thin slivers of the wood you are using, and then the large pieces of wood
over the top.
It would look perfect
over the
fireplace I don't have in the den I don't have!
Since I'm working on a large painting for one side of the living room, I don't want to have another huge painting
over the
fireplace.
How
do you like having the tv on a console as opposed to
over the
fireplace?
While Caroline was home all day
over the holidays, it took all our efforts to make sure she didn't throw rolls of wrapping paper into the
fireplace or cut off all her hair with a rogue pair of scissors.
I
did not have anymore white flat paint, so I
did have to purchase... but I have plenty left
over for a project we are working on now (my DIY
Fireplace Mantle for the Master).
If a buyer doesn't love, for example, the red brick facing on a traditional masonry
fireplace, it can be painted or plastered
over by a mason.
Over the next week or so, we'll be finishing staining the front / back porch and deck, completing the
fireplace surround and hearth, putting the final coat on the hardwoods,
doing paint touch - ups, and working through the punch list.
I think the bottom line regarding tvs
over the
fireplace is that it can be
done, and well.
-LSB-...]
fireplace makeover came about because
over the holidays I got an email from ProFlowers offering to send me one of their lovely flower bouquets if I'd
do a post for their....
It is a bit better (but still not appealing, in my opinion) when the
fireplace is contemporary — but stick that modern flat screen tv
over an old fashioned
fireplace mantel and they don't complement each other.
I would paint the brass picture lights the same color as the wall so they don't stand out — and love the idea of them casting light down the panels & lighting up that side of the room -
does the print on the
fireplace have a light
over it?
I struggled with painting
over the original color too, but in the end I decided that just because they were painted that color, didn't mean I wanted it on my
fireplace!
When the renting days of my marriage are
over, I hope to have a
fireplace of my own to
do this too.
Unfortunately I
do not have a mantel in my new home (I've played around with the idea of DIYing a faux
fireplace and mantel but it'll be some time before that get's
done) so for now I'll oooh and aaaah
over your linky party mantels and absorb some inspiration from them.
Suse has been incredibly kind to me
over the last few months, plying me with red wine while we sit chatting in front of her open
fireplace, so I wanted to
do something nice for her.
Over the past several months, our dining room table and living room floor &
fireplace hearth are almost always covered with «stuff»: stacks of Blog Threads t - shirts, guitars & cases, and random little things that just don't seem to find forever homes until we're
done working on them.
I like the vertical for the walls with horizontal planking
over the
fireplace like you
did your fireman's
fireplace.
Im loving the concept cant wait for it to begin actually have you checked out thrifty decor chick she
did a similar
fireplace make
over using a darker color looks great.
We've decided to concentrate on the
fireplace wall in his living room (especially since he knows what's safe when it comes to that stuff), and now that we know more about what inspires Keith (design-wise), I think we've got a good idea for what we'd like to
do over there.
Making
over the master bedroom was on my to -
do list (first thing: change the outdated paint color on the walls), but I hadn't put much thought into what I was going to
do about the
fireplace.
Just because that piece of art has always hung
over the
fireplace does not mean it wouldn't look even better in the foyer.
This
fireplace makeover came about because
over the holidays I got an email from ProFlowers offering to send me one of their lovely flower bouquets if I'd
do a post for their Christmas campaign.
Over time though, I
did get frustrated by its tendency to get stuck on the
fireplace hearth (The Roomba or Miele had no issues with this).
It's like
do you mount it
over the
fireplace?
I've even
done over my basement and put in a
fireplace to make it a large entertaining space.
Do you think this would be a good option
over a dated brick
fireplace?
I am not the only one tripping
over boxes, wondering why I don't have a
fireplace... and living in total chaos!!
One question I am asked every year is «how
do you hang garland, stockings, ornaments and wreaths on your
fireplace or around doors and windows and at different levels without getting holes all
over the mantel?»
But as I sit here in my dream kitchen, and look at my
fireplace that I designed myself (after they put one in that I hadn't dicussed with them and they had to jack hammer that one out), and my backyard that after 16 years of living in the same house is finally coming in as I had planned, you'll look back very soon and wonder what life was like when you didn't have drywall dust all
over your clothes.
Rip off that wood paneling
over the
fireplace and
do a new treatment
I wanted to
do a burlap version of a banner / flags to mimic the «FALL» banner that is hung on my spray painted mirror
over the
fireplace.
My
fireplace is beautiful, grey and beige and brown stone but if I had it to
do over again would just go with a white mantel.
I especially love h0w you
did the mantle
over the
fireplace.
-LSB-...] wanted to
do a burlap version of a banner / flags to mimic the «FALL» banner that is hung on my spray painted mirror
over the
fireplace.
You know, like painting your
fireplace brick but couldn't because the one day you had to
do it was the day sonny boy got into the cheese slices and stuck them all
over the brick.
You might remember that I had two grave etchings
over the
fireplace which are
done in graphite, so it was so dark and serious and I loved them but the vibe was not at all what I was feeling... and then my eyes met with this mirror and it was
over.
I showed what was behind the
fireplace on my stories, which was a terrible brick
fireplace that had been
done over the original.
I still LOVE the mirror that used to hang on the wall
over the
fireplace but it didn't pop with my white walls and I wanted a fun change for summer.
-LSB-...] If we didn't have the television mounted
over the
fireplace, then I would have ordered it in a large canvas, as Holly Mathis
did.