New fireplace not quite in the middle!

8年前

After re-plastering all the walls in our sitting room, we've finally had our new beautiful limestone fireplace installed... BUT...It's not quite centralised due to the original fireplace hole wasn't never in the centre.

I had hoped to place a mirror above the fireplace, but I'm concerned it's never going to align properly. The eye is always going to see the fireplace 1.5inches too much to the right! Especially when I've made this the main feature of the room.

Any ideas? I'm thinking making a cluster of frames like a gallery above it?

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Dawn Rimmer

8年前

It looks more than one and a half inches difference to me ;( ? I agree that at the very least the colour must be the same.

Better still I would remove the cupboard and have the 'difference' added to the chimney breast on the right hand side. This could be done with plasterboard and a plasterer. (The cupboard could then be replaced having been made narrower by a joiner who could build a matching one for the other alcove to emphasise the symmetry or lose it.)

All this may sound drastic but it is really only cosmetic,not being structural, and if you don't at least widen the chimney breast to rectify this situation it will always detract from your lovely new (expensive) fireplace.

Good luck.

コメント (8)

Vicky
8年前
Hi, not sure if it would completely work but I would paint all the walls along there the same colour so they blend in therefore not making the difference so noticeable, then I would go ahead put the mirror up and may be add something to the side (e.g. 2 x Small antlers on top of each other) so you're not completely ignoring the space and still using it!
Alison
8年前
I agree, it would be less obvious if the alcoves were the same colour (lovely colour btw)
Carmen Urquhart
8年前
I think cluster frames would be a great idea. The asymmetry of them would distract from the unevenness of the fireplace. Although I wouldn't worry about the small 1 and a half inches, when the finishing touches are in place i'm sure it will be barely noticeable! :)
Lindsay Hobson
8年前
use an optical illusion......... Build a cupboard on the other side of the fireplace, let it overhang the chimney ( like the other side does ) but overhang it slightly more to even up the space at the side of the fireplace, this way it gives you more storage & display space and evens up the problem slightly at the same time and I agree paint the alcoves but do them a couple of shades lighter than the chimney breast to push them back and detract the eye further xx good luck xx
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User
8年前
We have the same problem in our bedroom, Put a tall vase on the floor or such like and you won't look at the gap in the same way. Sometimes the simplest, cheapest idea is the best
AMB
8年前
Put something tall to the immediate left of the fireplace to fill the gap. I agree that the cupboard on the right imbalances the room, and that painting the walls the same colour will make it blend.
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M.W Bespoke Installations
8年前
Beautiful fireplace firstly.
I would personally remove the cupboard on the right an build out that side to the same as the other, probably the most expensive and disruptive option but unfortunately, if you are anything like me, this is the only option that won't leave it nagging at you.
Good look