What to do with this fireplace to modernise it?

[UTH]

talksthetorque said:

loskie said:

I would get a fake woodburning stove, one that runs on mains gas
Change the mantlepiece for an oak look one and consign "LOVE" to the garage or better still charity shop

If your a cyclist change the order to "velo" and stick it in the garage.

For the fire you need to work out what's behind the fire, BUT for a quicl makeover just paint all that hideous Brick white or something,

What's worse is the letters light up!

I think a paint job on the bricks is definitely the first thing to do then go from there.
I must say I do like the look of this, but now we're talking silly money: https://www.stovesareus.co.uk/gazco-studio-3-glass...

[Piersman2]

Isn't the colour-de-jour something like anthracite-fking-grey.

Slap a coat of that all over and have it look like somthing from a TV show!

[loskie]

if you inset a contrasting black stove and change the mantle no need to paint the bricks, it will look nasty painted

[bristolbaron]

For the (relativity) quick fix, I’d skim over the brickwork, paint it room or contrasting colour and paint the woodwork white.

[loskie]

we've not helped have we?

[Arranguez]

We have just ordered two fireplace changes. The first is simply updating some tiled surround on a real-wood fireplace with granite. The other is an aging gas fire updated to a glass fronted gas burner, surrounded with slate. Our local fire shop had masses of options. We kept our wooden mantles and just updated everything else.

[spikeyhead]

bristolbaron said:

For the (relativity) quick fix, I’d skim plasterboard over the brickwork, paint it room or contrasting colour and paint the woodwork white.