Five Fabulous Fireplaces

To soon? Yes, summer is just ending, but we're already thinking about cozying up to a roaring fire in the coming months. Here are a few inspiring ideas for the hearth, including one for an apartment, believe it or not....

Bold blue tiles pop against matte gray walls in this interior from photographer Paul Raeside.
Alison's fireplace got a paint job (actually, two) in this Before & After (& After Again).
Crisp, clean white gussies up this fireplace from AB Chao's Project: Fireplace Paint Job.
Don't let a little thing like a "lease" or "legal ramification" stop you from your fireplace dreams. If you find the perfect one, stick it in and add some candles, like this one from Flickr Finds: Degerka's Orange Fireplace.
The painting averse could try a facade made out of boards, like this one found by the Young House Love crew at a local Anthropologie.

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The tilework in pix #1 is amazingly beautiful

posted by bepsf on September 11th 2009 at 10:45am
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i agree with bepsf, #1 is my favourite. the rest are ok, although i fear #5 might bring on a seizure if stared at too long. but i do love #1.

posted by the polish chick on September 11th 2009 at 11:00am
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Don't let a lease or legal ramifications prevent you from doing whatever you want to your apartment, you guys!

Seriously, though, this is a nice round-up, but that's just bad advice.

posted by slowdown on September 11th 2009 at 11:42am
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slowdown, I think they are trying to say that you can still achieve a fireplace feel without punching a hole through the wall and testing those legal ramifications.

I'm also with bepsf and polish chick . . WOW to #1!!

posted by Limeliteshines on September 11th 2009 at 1:01pm
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Any ideas on the gray sofa in the first picture? Love.

posted by girlnamedcaptain on September 11th 2009 at 5:35pm
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