To soon? Yes, summer is just ending, but we're already thinking about cozying up to a roaring fire in the coming months. Here are a few inspiring ideas for the hearth, including one for an apartment, believe it or not....
- Bold blue tiles pop against matte gray walls in this interior from photographer Paul Raeside.
- Alison's fireplace got a paint job (actually, two) in this Before & After (& After Again).
- Crisp, clean white gussies up this fireplace from AB Chao's Project: Fireplace Paint Job.
- Don't let a little thing like a "lease" or "legal ramification" stop you from your fireplace dreams. If you find the perfect one, stick it in and add some candles, like this one from Flickr Finds: Degerka's Orange Fireplace.
- The painting averse could try a facade made out of boards, like this one found by the Young House Love crew at a local Anthropologie.
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The tilework in pix #1 is amazingly beautiful
i agree with bepsf, #1 is my favourite. the rest are ok, although i fear #5 might bring on a seizure if stared at too long. but i do love #1.
Don't let a lease or legal ramifications prevent you from doing whatever you want to your apartment, you guys!
Seriously, though, this is a nice round-up, but that's just bad advice.
slowdown, I think they are trying to say that you can still achieve a fireplace feel without punching a hole through the wall and testing those legal ramifications.
I'm also with bepsf and polish chick . . WOW to #1!!
Any ideas on the gray sofa in the first picture? Love.