We're moving into a house with this fireplace. It looks like it has been over-painted many times and so it's lost any design or definition it has. The shelf on top can easily come off. I'm just wondering what you think we could do with it to restore it? What do you think could be underneath it? What can we do?
Thanks in advance!
The picture appears to be of "Black cat in a coal cellar". Try again.
With a teensy green HoH logo in the bottom/right corner.
Since the picture is simply all over black, try installing a house, with a wall, and then a new fireplace.
Lighting would be the first move I think, then we'd be able to see it.
NT
May be a problem if the chimney is blocked?
It was probably over painted many times because it's not a "period feature" worth keeping.
We don't have enough information. What type of fireplace? Age? Material? I have stripped back several Victorian cast iron fireplaces, and they are a joy to behold (and use) afterwards.
Back in the 1970s, the decade that taste forgot, a 50 year old fireplace might not have been worth keeping.
It's nearly 50 years later now, and that 100 year old fireplace may be worth restoring.
Andy
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