Before I finish the “Day 10” post, I thought I’d share a little ray of sunshine to help us all get through the tedium of the demo/rebuild phase.
I had a brainstorm last night that I am really excited about!
The fireplace is crumbling from the inside and is not and will never be functional without rebuilding it completely. So, rather than even consider spending money on that, we thought we’d leave it, clean it, fill it with pretty stacked wood and make it a design focal point.
The Photoshop hackery below shows what I’m thinking for the room.
BEFORE:
Clean fireplace, stack some pretty wood in it, and paint the tiny mantle (someday we’ll make that larger):
Mom had the great idea to make the hearth a bench. She is going to make a box pillow for us, probably in a neutral gray upholstery fabric:
So, that’s about what I was thinking before, but, what about an extended bench!?
Am I right!?
Yes, I agree that extending the bench on both sides would be better, but, I don’t think our Eames will fit if we have the bench on the other side, however, once we actually move in I’ll be able to tell.
And here’s a rough idea of how it will look when we move in our existing media cabinet, red pouf, weirdly hacked couch representation and Eames lounge with our new rug:
There is another option – paint the stone white and enlarge the mantle:
I’m finding that it’s important for me to keep focus on the design part of the house and not the rebuild, so as not to fall into a deep hole of sadness and despair.
Someday we will actually live in our house.
Someday we will actually live in our house.
Someday we will actually live in our house…
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5 responses to “Fireplace Ideas”
LOVE the bench idea! Genius.
I’m not sure about the one sided bookcase but it could be amazing. I love the color it adds to the corner.
I love these ideas! Especially the painted white-larger-mantle version. Y’all need some built in bookshelves on either side of the fireplace. Or some string shelving? http://www.string.se/
Love that photo shop. I like the enlarged mantel , the white paint job and the one sided bench. I bet the extra seating will come in handy. things are looking up. Love to all.
Looking again I also like the cleaned up stone color(if it will clean up that well). seems to recede making the room look bigger. Also looks Texas . but I still like the larger mantel. whatever you do will look great. You both have such a good eye.
The Eames Lounge takes up so much space doesn’t it? We’re thinking of doing a Tiny House for our next house and the Eames just isn’t going to make the cut with that project. 🙂 looks good.