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Good Questions: Refacing the Fireplace
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Remember when you had chicken pox (if you had 'em), and the itching was just unbearable but you scratched on the sly anyway? And then when you did, the itching just got worse. Well, the same can be s...

Hot or Not? Using the Fireplace for Storage?

Personally, we're a bit torn about this storage idea from Beach Studios. We like the use of the fireplace space, but we're not so sure about the execution (looks too willy-nilly for our anal-retentive...

The Fireplace: To Paint or Not to Paint

Growing up in Southern California, the fireplace was sort of like your pinkie toe: it was there as an architectural vestige we weren't always sure we really needed. Our family fireplace was brick and ...

LA Good Questions: Where Can I Find This Fire Screen

Marvin hopes someone out there can help him with his fireplace screen question: "I just bought a new house in the Valley and loved the fire screen that was on one of the fireplaces when I first went ...

LA Good Questions: Floor, Beams, Fireplace Help

A few weeks ago, readers weighed in on the question of light vs. dark floors. How about in a specific situation? Bonnie writes: My question has three parts: We're redoing our living room. Our fu...

LA Good Questions: Custom Seat Cushions for Circular Fireplace?

Hi AT:LA, Our 1959 ranch house has a huge, cement circular fireplace in the living room. Until now we have used pillows for seat cushions. But our 8 month old daughter is crawling, and we'd like to...

Good Questions: What do with this fireplace?

AT:LA reader Henry writes: After first removing the existing faux marble tiles, how would you proceed considering that the grey carpet is being replaced with hard wood floors? Would you re-tile i...