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what fireplace for a 70s house?

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Luminescence · 04/12/2011 12:00

We have a god awful fake stone concrete fire surround at the moment. We are going to take it out but struggling to work out what would look nice instead. Id like to have a mantelpiece to put stuff on but a dire isn't essential as we have radiators to heat the room, but will need some kind of feature in the space. There us a void at the moment. Go MM house style mavens. Put your style flares on and get thinking!

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IHeartKingThistle · 04/12/2011 12:03

Can I lurk? We have the same issue!

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TeamMeleKalikimaka · 04/12/2011 12:03
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Luminescence · 04/12/2011 12:10

I'd love a log burner but can't afford it.

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TeamMeleKalikimaka · 04/12/2011 12:12

We had a similar problem when we moved in to our current house 6 years ago. The brickwork wasn't tied in properly and was unsafe, so we had to remove it all.
We weren't sure what to do, and didn't have a lot of money to do it, so we ripped the fireplace out, clad the chimney breast with tongue and groove a.nd painted the whole room white.
We've since hung a large seascape/fishing town painting on it, and it has a sort of New England look.

Basically, 6 years on, we are still waiting for inspiration to hit!

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Luminescence · 04/12/2011 12:22

I have wondered if something like this in the void and a big shelf above. This is why I need help.

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TeamMeleKalikimaka · 04/12/2011 12:32

Log piles are fine - if you can put up with the spiders...

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midoriway · 04/12/2011 12:40

This woman suggests billiard balls. I don't.

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midoriway · 04/12/2011 12:50

But seriously, a vase of flowers, a nice sculpture. Treat it like another side board, a display surface.

I'd rock the 70's vibe and get a cheap large abstract West German ceramic piece to stick in there, this kind of thing.

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Luminescence · 04/12/2011 13:08

I don't mind spiders

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noddyholder · 04/12/2011 13:14

Just plaster it square and put nothing in it. Then put a heavy oak/sleeper type floating shelf over it and hang a large piece of abstract art or as midori says a large 70s ceramic.

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noddyholder · 04/12/2011 13:18

Also looks great to put the shelf under the fireplace opening

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Luminescence · 04/12/2011 13:29

You mean like a hearth?

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noddyholder · 04/12/2011 13:59

If you plaster the opening square about a foot above the ground and then put the shelf along the bottom of the opening. Very 70s looking and useful too.

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noddyholder · 04/12/2011 14:01

this You can have it as long as you like and fairly deep too. Maybe have a single spot light in the fire.

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Luminescence · 04/12/2011 16:18

I wouldn't be able to do that in ny house but it looks great

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trixymalixy · 04/12/2011 16:47

I love this one. it doesn't sound like it would work in your house though, but just thought I'd post it as I love it!

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Luminescence · 04/12/2011 17:03

No sadly not. I'll save it for when I buy my malibu beach house.

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Emma2228 · 08/12/2011 10:51

trixymalixy that one is perfect:-) I was browsing stoves as well, here are more burning stoves of that type:-)

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MoreBeta · 08/12/2011 10:59

I'd go ultra modern, flat front, gas fire.

something like this without a mantlepiece will make your room seem clean, uncluttered and more spacious.

That one does not even need a flue so you could shut off the existing fireplace entirely which would also conserve heat.

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Luminescence · 08/12/2011 11:12

That's nice beta. I'm desperate for a mantelpiece though.

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