Fireplace help - current one is hideous

[SarfE4sticated]

Hi there,
I am currently stalking a 1930's house, and planning a viewing in the new year. I know it's shallow, but the am currently fixating on the fireplace. ( I tend to imagine myself living in a place before I even buy it, which I know is a bit odd).
It's this one. Brown and beige. Can the tiles be removed and replaced with something gorgeous, of will it need removing? Any suggestions or links to inspirations would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Similar aged houses seem to have either turquoise or green tiles, but not this one!

I think it's rather nice - at least it's neutral.

I think it is great. A fabulous original feature. I'd keep it.

But if you really really can't learn to love it then there are some great 30s reproduction fireplaces here www.c20fireplaces.co.uk
But I'd learn to love it.

We'll all be cringing about ripping these kind of original features out in 20 years time. Sorry.

It's yours for £2000 wowfudge

I have a bit of a pathological hatred of brown/beige - child of the 70's so I have to change it.

This is one of the alternative colour that these houses have, which I would love! I wonder if you can just remove the tiles and replace with new ones, of it the whole thing has to come out?

I think it’s great too! And I bet it looks loads better and less brown with the room full of furniture and pictures .

I reckon it’s fairly straight forward to remove the fire surround/mantle place intact, remove and replace the tiles, and then reinstate the fire surround.

Woodstack your website is a amazing! Thank you. Lots on there that I would love. Like the original but in a slightly nicer colour - IMHO.

Thanks! you have made my day.

I wonder if both front room and back room would have had the same style of fireplace or not? the dining room has nothing (been removed), so would i get a matching pair?

You can have my equally hideous fireplace. Our house is much older than our fireplace so I'd love to meet the person who 'updated' the look!

OMG Oddsocks it's a little lowering isn't it!

Have you looked at Woodstacks website, they have some really nice orignal fireplaces on there. Do you know what it "should" look like?

We just had the beige tiles hideous we took it out and found, beyond my wildest dreams, an inglenook fireplace. Our house is 1850 though. I had to hack everything out and eventually we put a beautiful multifuel swans on with swans on the arched doors.

If you were careful you might be able to get tiles off and replace them.

@SarfE4sticated The cottage has beams and is probably circa 1750 so it should be a nice fire with a big beam across the top...nothing like the monstrosity we have. I have just been browsing that site and am amazed at how much the ugly fireplace could be worth if ripped out properly.

Thanks but we have all the original fireplaces in our Edwardian house - the tiles are beige and the surrounds oak. 20th Century Fireplaces is excellent. Their showroom premises are in Stockport. I went there when we were considering reinstalling a fireplace in our last house, a 30s semi where the downstairs fires had been removed.

I’ve used 20th Century Fireplaces before.
I ordered 2 lots of hand glazed Victorian green tiles in 2 slightly different tones. I used them to replace all the tiles either side of my door. Previous owner put in yellow chicken tiles! Looked original and great!

I love the green tiles in the second photo. If that was my house I’d replace the beige with green and it will look great and stylish

Lookalike a typical 30s fireplace fromhere. You can get tile transfers or paint the tiles so that you can easily change it back if it becomes a feature in years to come.