We have a nice fireplace surround but the fireplace itself was sealed off at some point and tiled over. The original tile is beyond hideous- the previous owners has a sort of fireguard thing which disguised it pretty well but then when I moved in we painted it black so at least it's neutral. For the past couple of years I have had my daughter's big dollhouse in front it, mainly because there's a marble hearth bit and it kept the DC's from tripping over it.
We're about to get our pictures done to put the flat on the market (this week!) so I need to decide what to do about the hearth. I was thinking I'd just leave the dollhouse there, as it looks OK but have had a sudden panic this morning that this is a bad idea. I could of course do plants/flowers or candles- but if anyone has another genius notion of something that would look fabby, tell me!