Fireplace wars

[mynamechangemyrules]

I think this is 50s/ 60s and disgusting and about to rip it out. Brother in law insists it is an original feature (1920s/30s) and thinks I should keep it...
if it is original I'd feel a bit sentimental about ripping it out but also I think it's horrible, and hate all things grey... please vote
IABU- it's original and leave it in
IANBU- it's not original and take it out

Or tell me it's original and give me permission to remove it anyway...?!

Who cares how old it is? If you don't like it, get rid.

That is most definitely not original. I would estimate late 70s early eighties. The colour and pattern is a dead giveaway. I'm not a fireplace expert but I have renovated multiple houses (high 20s) so have seen lots. There's is nothing about this one that needs saving.

I’d say 50’s love it

It would look stunning in the right setting the 1980’s electric fire is doing it no favours

the thing is fire place is a focal point so you’d need your furniture to compliment the 1950’s theme like this ikea sofa the some 50’s style pictures and ornaments

Its your house, not ypur BIL's presumably? Therefore your choice.

Personally, I hate it. If you do think its original to the house and you don't want a real fire, maybe box it behind a more modern structure.

It's reminiscent of a fireplace we had in our old (1920/30's) house except ours didn't have the gag flower pattern. We opened up the fireplace as an open fire and it suited the house.
Are the flowers transfers of actually on the tiles?
If they're printed on the tiles I'd guess it's 1960s/70s.

Also, when we sold the house the people who bought it ripped out the original 20s/30s fireplace and put in a reproduction victorian one which imo looked really out of place in a 1920s semi.

If you do rip it out I'd install a contemporary looking woodburner.

its simple. Not his house, not his choice.

It doesn't look original and it's hideous,I'd have ripped it out when I viewed the house.

Your house - you decide

Brother in law insists it is an original feature (1920s/30s) and thinks I should keep it... Well he can come round and remove it and pop it in his house

Burn it. Burn it with fire.

My parental home had this fireplace when we moved in in 1969, north Scotland. The house also had a pink 3 piece bathroom and a separate downstairs metal shower cabinet. The shower was probably added when a previous owner could no longer manage the bath. The fireplace has recently been removed and the granite lintel exposed and a wood burning stove added. And as fashions change the bathroom and en suite bathroom now have free standing baths and a downstairs wet room has been installed.

House was built 1865, internal water to kitchen pre 1900, scullery, toilet and upstairs bathroom and toilet in 1921, fire in the upstairs bathroom area 1943.

Why does your brother-in-law get a vote about what you do in your house?

I took an original 1920s fireplace out of my old house. I’m a huge believer in restoring or retaining where possible but honestly it was huge and so ugly (thick, beige tiles with flowers on them and it was massive in a fairly small room). I never once felt guilty. I did however retain all the architrave, picture rails and put back in sympathetic reclaimed fireplaces so I think I can be forgiven!

I’d remove that fireplace although I’m unsure if it’s original or mid century.

I think its lovely but if you dont like it get rid. i would def get someone to look at it first as the most oddest things turn out to be valuable

Definitely not 20’s/30’s , I’d actually say 70’s or 80’s personally. Get rid !

I live in a late 1920s house and we have the original fire surrounds. They don’t look anything like that! They are taller and usually have a mirror/shelf above.

It’s not even attractive retro. Get it gone!

I was brought i[ in a new 1950s house/ it doesn't look like our fireplace or the fireplaces of friends in similar new houses. It may date from 1950s but it's not a typical 1950s style. Could also date from almost any other decade.

This is my bath suite
You disappear when you're in it, can't see where skin ends and bath begins.
I'm open to serious offers, buyer collects from first floor.

I’m a huge fan of old style fireplaces but this honestly is nothing special. Replace if you feel you want to.

Oh my god it’s stunning, parquet floor (granted, it wouldn’t stand the fact it’s in a bathroom) and that would look incredible.

I rent, at one point I did have a collection of white goods in storage, I could have added that to it. Eventually I’d have enough in the storage unit to constitute a house and just move in.

@MereDintofPandiculation that is a beautiful bathroom.

That's not my bathroom, same suite in someone else's bathroom. Found it on pinterest.

@MereDintofPandiculation

I've got a similar problem with a 1940s bathroom suite, really good quality, lovely design - but it's PINK!

Coloured bathroom suites are going to be huge! All the hipster homeware shops in east London have them. Design the bathroom around it and it will look fab.

Ah just seen the picture. You would be compeltely insane to get rid of that gorgeous suite.

I like the design of that sofa, but it looks so uncomfortable.

DH and I have had a conversation, and have come up with a number of options for solving the various problems (like turning the bath 90 degrees so it's possible to put a a folding shower screen and have a shower over the bath - you have no idea how much hot water it takes not just to fill a large cast-iron bath like that but also to warm up the cast iron )