Arranging seating around a fireplace can be tricky business. Many people opt for a pair of chairs flanking the sides, like in the before picture below. That looks fine, but is it really conducive to conversation? Or dreaming by the fire? You can’t really gaze into the fire that way; you can only side-eye it suspiciously. No, that’s not good enough, my flame-loving friends. Consider instead a pair of matching sofas facing one another, perpendicular to the fireplace. What about that?
Also, what about painting your walls charcoal? That’s a pretty cool look too. And you could cover your fireplace in wood tile for a look so intriguing that everyone who comes to visit immediately runs over to it and strokes it gently and exclaims in wonder about it. Then they could all sit comfortably on your sofas, in full view of your awesome fireplace, and ask you again about your genius idea to use wood tile and two sofas, and you’ll just feel very happy about the whole thing.
Get the low-down on this space from Stephanie at The Divine Living Space.
2 Comments
Morgan
June 1, 2016 at 1:44 PMThese are excellent ideas and that room looks amazing! The wood tile is really unique and gives the room a lot of character. Very nicely done! Thanks so much for sharing!
Heather
May 24, 2017 at 10:32 AMThe tiled look is so underrated for a fireplace, but it is absolutely eye-catching. I need something like this in my house, thanks for the inspiration!