If you've been thinking about painting your fireplace, consider this option: paint the fireplace and the wall right up to the molding. It gives the room a bit of dimension and a definite focal point. Plus, we love that color...sigh.
Look! Painting A Section of the Wall
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What a great look. It makes the shelves and the wall look like one piece and gives the shelves so much more substance.
view LauraE's profile
oooh thats nice. I also have a "faux" fireplace, and i am interested in either painting the walls on either side of it one color (while keeping the fireplace white) Or painting it like this pic. I like the purple and grey look with the white trim, looks good!
view SydneyBristow's profile
Love this colour, but I think I might have painted the mantel and brackets black or very dark grey.
view catspajamas's profile
Great looking !
view poptart's profile
I love the painted wall! Great choice of color. Not so sure about the muppet-fur rug though...just not my style.
view Danio's profile
Dimension is right! At first glance, I thought the area with the shelves was recessed and the fireplace area set out a bit. Now I see that the wall is just painted two colors. Nice effect!
view HeatherAB's profile
It helps that it's an incredibly gorgeous color.
view Lisa Hunter (Montreal)'s profile
I'm just hoping that's not original stone under the purple! If it was previously painted wood...it looks cool. Oh, and HeatherAB, I think that the fireplace wall is projecting out from the shelf wall.
view michpc's profile
I've seen this photo before in a magazine (Canadian House and Home?). Shouldn't there be some sort of credit given for it?
view gem's profile
I wish this photo went to the top of the molding. We have a fireplace with two recessed nooks on either side. And there is molding about a foot down from the top of the wall. I'm assuming you just paint to *below* the molding, not above it?
It's a painted white brick fireplace, with very very tall ceilings. We're just painting that one wall, and thinking of going a nice medium-dark grey. Just have to find the right one!
view luna_sea's profile
anyone know where those shelves are from? i like the built-in bookend style.
view emiddleb's profile
I'm pretty sure this comes from a recent issue of Living Etc., and is English (wish Canadian House & Home had images like this!)...
...the little hits of turquoise work well to prevent it from looking too dusty-lavenderish
view mschatelaine's profile
more info on the shelving unit, please... looks perfect for my apartment
view janelle's profile
shelving is vitsoe 606 system. mossonline.com
view VLADCOLE's profile