Decorative mantlepiece

[Tumbleweed101]

I have a blocked up chimney breast in the living room. I can't reopen it as the chimney itself has been removed. Can I get a decorative mantlepiece and how do these attach to just a plain wall? Does anyone know how much these cost? Any pics of a similar set up?

I'm thinking of decorating lounge at some point next year so just starting to research.

You can get electric fireplace suites quite reasonably priced just Google fireplace suites. Mine is a gas fire with a catalytic converter which means no flue is required however it was stupidly expensive and needed a stupidly expensive fire surround to cope with the heat. Looks fab imo but wouldn't spend the best part of £5k on a fireplace suite ever again! Most suites will be free standing if they have a hearth but if they need wall mounted there will be instructions come with the suite on how to do this. Pic attached.

You can. A Victorian fireplace with a closed / fixed damper plate would work. Are there any fireplace specialists near you? You could go and have a look and a chat. And likewise a reclamation yard. That's probably going to be the most helpful for ideas as you'll be able to see the options and get a sense of size.

You can still open the chimney breast if there is no chimney stack, you just can't light a fire. In our kitchen I opened a chimney breast that had it's chimney removed. I just cut a floorboard into 3 pieces and screwed it onto the chimney breast, and bought a length of architrave, again cut into 3 pieces, and 2 corner blocks for £5 each. So all together about £30 in materials, and it's made to measure. Took about one afternoon.

Thank you for all your ideas and pics. It's given me some things to think about :)

I have a beam across the one in my bedroom and an electric woodburner style fire in it.

Not the best pic and I now have a round mirror above it but you get the gist.