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The family - friendly living room has built - in
shelves around the fireplace, making for a great focal point.
I have dreams of a fresh cottage casual, less cluttered style, with hickory wood floors and white built - in
shelves around the fireplace, a really comfortable slipcovered couch... I love what you have shared about your home and style, and feel very inspired by it, Melissa.
I think because
the shelves around the fireplace are too busy I had to go with a simple LARGE wall art.
It's incredible that adding
those shelves around the fireplace made this room look SO much larger and SOO different.
Not exact matches
Years ago I loved to have all of my favorite stuff sitting
around my house, on
shelves and tables, dressers and night stands, book
shelves and
fireplace mantles.
We painted the
fireplace opening surround with charcoal chalk paint to match the canister lights on the ceiling, and I painted a big letter «N» that I've had hanging
around here for years with the same paint, as well as a small
shelf so that a few things match.
The
shelves on either side of the red brick
fireplace are made of dark wood (not very nice dark wood or we probably wouldn't paint them even though we're trying to lighten things up
around here — but these
shelves kind of rough and ugly!)
All
shelves whether they be built ins
around the
fireplace or added storage in the kid's room, de-clutter them!
Frame a doorway with
shelves, or consider cabinetry
around a
fireplace.
Think of how wide you want your mantel to extend
around your
fireplace, what colors you would like to use, style of molding / accents, and the depth of the mantel
shelf.
We painted the
fireplace opening surround with charcoal chalk paint to match the canister lights on the ceiling, and I painted a big letter «N» that I've had hanging
around here for years with the same paint, as well as a small
shelf so that a few things match.