Brick Fireplace With Shelves On Both Sides

If your fireplace hearth has an elevated base at low seating height you might be able to extend that to both sides for low shelves or drawers that add storage and more seating too.

Brick fireplace with shelves on both sides.

Windows were originally planned on both sides of the fireplace but designer jennifer eanes foster says she asked for them to be changed to doors leading to a covered side porch. Oh and another thing painting the brick was super easy. Slowly score a line around the brick even with the surrounding bricks with the chisel. Ample storage flanks the fireplace on either side both in the form of closed cabinets and open shelving.

You can use a drill with a masonry drill bit and drill holes in the mortar around the brick and gently hammer the brick to break the mortar. The upper shelves are 11 inches deep to hold books and decor objects. Cut the back piece of the unit out of inch plywood. Use this as a shelf or as a mantel above a fireplace.

Built in shelves around shallow depth brick fireplace from cabinets on either side of fireplace hardwood fireplaces have a distinctive feeling. Additionally there are methods to create a rock fireplace blend in and become a pure part of the interior decoration. Choose white and you ll have got an impeccable fireplace finishing as it s unique and refined. Use this as a shelf or as a mantel above a fireplace.

The shelves were the hard part because of covering such a dark color 4 5 coats of paint but the brick took me 1 coat. Bookshelves would have looked cluttered and jammed up against the mantel on such a small wall she says. Everything from cleaning the brick first to mixing the paint with water. But the owner saw potential in the large open wall surrounding the fireplace and she did something about it.

In the pictured project the lower cabinets were made 20 inches deep to accommodate audio visual components. Let me explain when i researched painting brick i found a ton of mixed information. The ambrosia maple floating shelf is designed to the ambrosia maple floating shelf is designed to bring a rustic element to any room. Shelves next to fireplace tile fireplaces are another of the numerous fireplace designs you shall discover.

The new makeover gives the fireplace a facelift and provides the perfect spot to mount the tv on the wall. Modern tile fireplace the brick is covered with a glass tile surround to give the fireplace a modern look. The plain empty shelves on both sides of the fireplace don t do much for the space either.