Design of living rooms/Fireplaces

[rebajayne]

Hi

Im currently redecorating my living room and im unsure of what fire place to go for, does anyone know of a good website that i can look on that show me design that are alrady in living rooms.

Thanks

[smudge]

It all depends on what sort of theme you like & what sort of wood/furniture you have.

Are you going for a minimalistic look, or a Victorian look, etc?

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In the meantime, here are a few pages of fireplaces.

[rebajayne]

Thanks for the pictures

My house was built in 1912, and has celling rose and a picture rail round the top. At first i was going to go for a stove with a railway sleeper as the ledge. My boyfriend fits fires for a living and although his input is good i still can not decide.

[smudge]

Your'e welcome rebajayne.

In our lounge (or living room as I like to call it), we've got a Victorian cast iron black fire insert & grate with a waxed med oak wood surround. We love it, so does everyone who visits, 'specially when we've got a nice roaring fire on a freezing cold day!

In our dining room, we have another med oak wooden surround & inside that is a Norman type brick arch, with herringbone brickwork at the back. Inside that, we have a black Victorian free standing cast iron fire with black canopy. We don't light this one very often, as it gets too warm in there.

[rebajayne]

http://www.galleryfireplaces.co.uk/show_product.php?from_flash=1&product_id=71

The above link is the kind of fire place i would like but the surround is a bit too whit for my liking.

Im really drawn to a stove, in a brick opening with my railway sleeper placed as a ledge, but maybe a bit more sutible for a county house.

[parkesquay]

Now I realise that what I have written is not exactly what you asked for but thees sites do show some settings and they will certainly be of great help in getting a feel for which fire you might want to choose.

2 years ago I bought a wall mounted fire from the following site which is good for getting a good look at a whole range of fires. In addition you can see some to the 'flame effects'. More to the point you will be hard pressed to beat their prices www.discount-fireplace-centre.org.uk/.

I have just moved again and this time bought a cast iron(electric)stove from http://www.cosy-heating.co.uk/ at a significantly lower price(between �50-130) than ebay, beacon electrical or firetechnique or elsewhere on the web. The price I paid included postage&VAT which is something you need to take into consideration.

Both companys delivered when and as they said they would and there were no problems.

This should give you a really good start whether you are looking at gas or electric.

[smudge]

I see what you mean about the stark white surround, not sure whether I'd want one quite as bright as that. I think the sleeper ledge sounds really nice, but only in a country type house. You could still have a stove within a brick & wooden surround. Our friends have one in their house, it looks really nice.

This picture from the net isn't a vey good one, but it's the Rayburn free standing open fire we have in our dining room with a brick & oak surround. It doesn't do it any justice, as I use black grate polish on ours, which keep them looking like new.

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It wouldn't show the picture on its own, but if you scroll down that page to No. 1043 - Rayburn Canopy Fire & click on the picture, it will enlarge it for you. That's the dining room one.

You may like to click on the other pic's for ideas too.

[parkesquay]

Having re-read your house situation and just moved(as I mentioned before) into a newly converted grade 2 Flat with 'A' frame beams we decided that a stove was the answer and I have had a surround built around it (to match the beams) so it is similar in concept to your railway sleeper in that the top and supports are both of wood. The stove I bought from cosy-heating is cast iron with electric opti-flame and looks a treat in its new 'alcove' . Hope this helps.

[rebajayne]

Thanks a lot for your help, ive now decided!!!

Because the fire that is in is all brick with a basket and then a railway sleeper, im going to make good of what i have by, making the opening bigger and all bricked inside, lay the sleeper accross the top and but a nice gas (or maybe wood burner) stove in. My boyfriend actually took one out the other day so where going to ask if we can buy that off them.

But at last ive made my mind up, now for the colours lol!!!

[smudge]

I'm glad you've now decided what you would like. It can be a nightmare trying to get the theme right, but I'm sure whatwever you end up with will look lovely, 'specailly around Christmas time with a nice fire to snuggle up to!

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