Before:
Scratched, and glossy red mahogany.
Blech!
After rubbing a deglosser on it I painted it with three coats of white primer.
Two coats of Aspen White paint.
A few scraps of barn wood…
We cut the barn wood to size and used wood glue to attach it. After 24 hours I removed the clamps and filled the side cracks with wood fill to make the board look seamless.
After sanding the wood fill I gave the top two thick coats of polyurethane.
Mr. Wright then built a box base to give the fireplace more height. These electric fireplaces are so dinky in size.
The box was painted a dark brown, then primed and painted the same color as the fireplace.
And here’s how it turned out:
It was residing in our master bedroom. The cool thing about this fireplace though, is that I can move it around the house whenever I want a change. Now it is in the living room, and I love turning it on when the whole fam is snuggling and watching a movie.
I love how it turned out, and it’s a great addition for our home!
at 12:42 am
wow!!! as usual!
You with all your projects have inspired Mike and I. Mike picked up a "Hoosier Cabnet" at a yard sale that we are going to refinish. Wish us luck…we are going to need it! Ha!
at 2:37 am
Now, what would you need a fireplace in the bedroom for?
at 3:41 am
Katie, you are relentless! I am going to put this fireplace on your front porch right next to those birds of yours!
at 5:01 am
freaking amazing. I can't wait to see it in person.
at 6:44 pm
Wow! That turned out amazing! It looks like it came right out of new England.
at 3:27 am
This turned out so well! I love that you put the box on the bottom to give it some height and that you added character with the barn board.
at 2:26 pm
Great blog. Your fireplace is really awesome. I love that you built a box for it to rest on to help with the scale. Can I make a suggestion? Next time you're in the mood for an easy DIY, you should add some simple molding to the bottom box inset as a rectangle (to coordinate with the square shaped molding on the top part). A long rectangle on the bottom would make that look like one cohesive piece. It's great as is though. Just a thought. You can get inexpensive molding at home depot or michaels and just cut it the way you need it.
at 4:51 pm
Great idea Bonnie! I was thinking it needed something like that. I also think it needs a flat screen TV above it, but the Mr. feels differently.
at 5:36 pm
love this! Love this!
at 5:37 pm
new follower now too! love your family photo at top of blog!
xo, laura
at 11:21 am
Nice innovative blog post and I like yours idea and Literally you did good transformation into fantastic looking fireplace..Thanks for sharing..
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at 5:54 am
You’ve done a great job with your fireplace, it looks beautiful! I’ve got this linked to my fireplaces project post as well today, nice work!
at 8:36 pm
We just recently picked out the same fireplace as a prize my husband earned at work. I don’t like the finish, either, and was planning to paint it white. Now I know just how it will look! You did a great job, and I love the addition of the box for height.
I did a post about it called “A Major Award” and accessorized the fireplace with my old typwriter, too.
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at 7:03 am
Wow this is great! I want to this to my fireplace, but wasn’t sure how, so I Googled it and ended up here. It looks wonderful, but what kind of paint did you use?
Again GREAT job.