Here’s a little fireplace that went from wood to white.
“Hmph,” you are thinking. “Big deal.” Well, hang-on grumpy pants, I’m not done yet.
Sure it looks cute and everything, but for the full impact of this makeover, we need to zoom out a little.
Zoom out.
Zoom out.
Zoom out.
There!
Ok, now didn’t that make a huge difference? It blends in so nicely with this area now, which is so lovely and white and pure, I think it is possibly Heaven’s waiting room. From Connie at Connie Nikiforoff Designs.
14 Comments
Carrie
March 5, 2014 at 2:45 PMI love the tone on tone, but the fact that the fireplace is under a window, and thus obviously not connected to a chimney as a “real” fireplace would be, ruins the effect for me. I’d rather a lovely white storage piece be placed there – it would feel less forced/more to scale.
Amy U
March 5, 2014 at 3:06 PMI can only say this: that the House of Incredible Beautiful Creamy Whiteness must not contain children. (Unless they are tame, like the perfect children of Pottery Barn )Love it though!
Michelle L
March 5, 2014 at 3:14 PMHa! It’s beautiful and cool, but you are wrong about heaven’s waiting room, which technically – biblically speaking – is the horrible place called Purgatory. I say this is more like Heaven’s bonus room. Great makeover!
Lindsey @ Better After
March 5, 2014 at 3:26 PMHa! Didn’t even think of it that way! Heaven’s foyer maybe?
Connie Nikiforoff Designs
March 5, 2014 at 3:49 PMThanks for featuring my fireplace Lindsey. And yup, no little kids (all grown up now) BUT we do have 3 rambunctious dogs, one who sheds a LOT! The trick is: when it’s white, you see the dirt and ya know it’s cleaning time 😉 Slipcovers to the rescue here.
Maria from Oz
March 5, 2014 at 4:09 PMOh Lordy, I hope those candles are the fake ones that have no real naked flame! Too close to the curtains and the blinds for my liking. (Heat generated up to 8 inches away can combust flammables, take care!) I do love the prettiness of the whole look now. Lovely and cozy on a cold evening. Yep, I’d be there with my large glass of Merlot and splat! oooops….well, so much for white and me! I’m a clumsy clot….sigh….tis rather dreamy though. Very purdy.
LeeAnn
March 5, 2014 at 4:16 PMIf it’s Heaven’s waiting/bonus room, where are the cabana boys with my umbrella drinks? It is a gorgeous room.
Jake's a Girl
March 5, 2014 at 5:39 PMI think you’re the first person to call me grumpy pants. 😀 😀
Lovely room! Just painting the fireplace changed the look of the whole room. Made it much more romantic.
JaG
Connie Nikiforoff Designs
March 5, 2014 at 6:28 PMFor Maria from Oz….Oh yes, the candles are real but they were lit for the pic and that’s about it. Hey that rhymes 😉 Bring over that merlot…then I’ll have a reason to get rid of the carpeting and go hard surface. I miss the hardwood from our former home.
To y’all— If you’d like to see more pics of the room, scroll down on my FB page to Feb 5th entry 😉
kim
March 5, 2014 at 7:06 PMshoot, i forgot to show mine.. we had done it last year.. 🙂
http://simple-needs.blogspot.com/2013/02/electric-fireplace-makeover.html
Stephanie
March 5, 2014 at 7:14 PMThat after looks incredible, it matches the room so much better!
michellle
March 5, 2014 at 7:48 PMIf that isn’t the cutest fireplace ever, I don’t know what is! I love it.
Connie Nikiforoff Designs
March 6, 2014 at 7:42 AMTo Carrie— Yup, I’ve heard that before about the fireplace not looking “real” because it’s under a window. But with today’s gas fireplaces, you can install under a window. Here are some cool examples
This one burns gel canisters and thus doesn’t require any venting. It was a good option for us because it adds the desired ambiance without any added expense of installation 😉
Beauty and the Bump
March 6, 2014 at 12:41 PMI can definitely see the difference having painting it white has made. The room looks brighter.