would you keep this fireplace (+ kitchen pics) ?

patterns and colours, which would definitely get ripped out.

using lime mortar, fireplaces in upstairs bedrooms, etc. So perhaps the fireplace is slightly earlier in style, although I cannot find anything similar in google images.

If that were mine I'd keep it. It's possibly a one-off, fitted in the

Darwinian.

The bit I don't like is the swirly beige tiles, not the actual surround. I wonder if you could replace with something a bit more contrasty? You'd then keep the painted tiles, but would change the look of the thing.

Theo

adjoining kitchen worktop (see the kitchen photo album) - which themselves echo the original kitchen tiles before we extended.

trying to change some of the tiles or using tile paint would probably wreck it.

Trying to change it is the worst possible action. Vandalism that will leave it worthless for the future and probably won't really make you content. If you really cannot live with it remove it carefully and architectural salvage will find it a loving home.

No really my taste I will admit, but it is a unique feature, whereas anything you buy off the shelf will be uninteresting from the start and soon look dated.

Thats what I said, SWMBO said she did not mind the those but they are the worst bit. Simon.

adjoining kitchen worktop (see the kitchen photo album) - which themselves echo the original kitchen tiles before we extended.

trying to change some of the tiles or using tile paint would probably wreck it.

missing the front > ironwork and adjusting rod) and is being kept either way.

(still a few bits to do - cornice etc). Thanks to all that gave advice.

Nothing wrong with it apart from the tiles and design.

(just missing the front

Hey ?! Is that comment about the fireplace or the kitchen ? If the kitchen, I'd genuinely be interested in what you don't like about it. If the fireplace, we've got that covered ;-)

Cheers, Simon.

Taste: it's like assholes. Everybody's got one and everyone else's is just an asshole.