tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post5712591214456059178..comments2024-02-17T06:37:46.053-05:00Comments on This Fresh Fossil: What Would You Do?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14323856420499343282noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-31830781434187282872014-09-22T15:57:20.139-04:002014-09-22T15:57:20.139-04:00Well, we actually ended up moving before we could ...Well, we actually ended up moving before we could tackle that monster - darn. I did do quite a bit of research on the plaster and paint method, though, and would've done it if we hadn't moved.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting!<br />- ChelseaChelsea Magruderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14486943210796744033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-49333257500294401552014-09-03T21:28:50.359-04:002014-09-03T21:28:50.359-04:00Would love to know what you ended up doing?Would love to know what you ended up doing?Suegeeeeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09934618484649711884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-75810335200619554312012-06-19T15:41:10.999-04:002012-06-19T15:41:10.999-04:00We have a slate monster (complete with blower fan ...We have a slate monster (complete with blower fan "teeth") and your plaster and paint photo has given me new hope! I think as long as you use a matte neutral off-white, you can't go wrong. Thanks again for the idea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-32380462263435370062012-05-27T18:46:25.798-04:002012-05-27T18:46:25.798-04:00Wonder what you have come up with. Our fireplace ...Wonder what you have come up with. Our fireplace is as ugly as yours, if not more so, and didn't even have a mantel on it when we first bought the place. My husband built one and that did help it out - some - but it still sucks the life out of the room (and we have a small 14 X 20 living room). So...we are going to paint it and hope for the best. (It's only in our summer home so at least we don't have to look at it for seven months of the year.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-56749205217547208882012-05-11T01:00:02.849-04:002012-05-11T01:00:02.849-04:00I have the same type of fireplace and a decorator ...I have the same type of fireplace and a decorator I had in once suggested painting the ugly brown grout more of a gray color and then glazing it with a gray glaze (gray paint mixed with glaze) so that it would look more gray and less 70's brown. Then my brown mantel would be painted black......still haven't done it - 7 years later but think about it now and then....think it would look alot better. I have your beams too and am thinking of painting those either black or white.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-75795282700056417082012-01-05T17:12:25.273-05:002012-01-05T17:12:25.273-05:00What did you decide to do? I really want to paint...What did you decide to do? I really want to paint my awful lava rock, but not without a great before/after story from someone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-87439544029431180962010-08-27T21:19:39.120-04:002010-08-27T21:19:39.120-04:00Plaster and paint! Think that last photo set look...Plaster and paint! Think that last photo set looks awesome in the 'after.'Jane @ The Borrowed Abodehttp://www.theborrowedabode.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-76221288989526693622010-08-25T09:22:39.354-04:002010-08-25T09:22:39.354-04:00This is a hard one. I like the last photo the best...This is a hard one. I like the last photo the best, with the plaster and paint. I usually am not a fan of painting fireplaces. I really don't think your lava rocks look bad. I'm sure whatever you decide to do will look fab.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-80575386471618167912010-08-24T20:01:00.976-04:002010-08-24T20:01:00.976-04:00I love the last one... it has texture but no so mu...I love the last one... it has texture but no so much that I feel like I'll fall victim to a rock slide, lol. I vote plaster and paint all the way!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05407201287337559379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-39937262866936888822010-08-24T11:55:43.846-04:002010-08-24T11:55:43.846-04:00Plaster and paint looks WAY better but I'm not...Plaster and paint looks WAY better but I'm not a big fan of just paint on a lot of rock. I don't know, I kinda like rock though!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15615430255988669257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-35191454122911526752010-08-23T17:19:12.153-04:002010-08-23T17:19:12.153-04:00I love the last photo with the plaster and paint!!...I love the last photo with the plaster and paint!! I never thought of using plaster, but it's a great idea. Can't wait to see the new look. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-73264430083403126142010-08-23T14:57:23.934-04:002010-08-23T14:57:23.934-04:00have you considered putting a beadboard facade ove...have you considered putting a beadboard facade overtop?alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09890060291075756904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-33706863370645394282010-08-23T14:18:27.222-04:002010-08-23T14:18:27.222-04:00I love the plaster and paint look but I'd prob...I love the plaster and paint look but I'd probably try painting the fireplace first to see if I could live with it before attempting such a big job ourselves. You two don't shy away from big jobs so I can definitely see you going for it!Heather{Our Life In a Click}https://www.blogger.com/profile/09060166017198564022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-226555509488661232010-08-23T12:45:18.625-04:002010-08-23T12:45:18.625-04:00As you've seen from my photos before, I have h...As you've seen from my photos before, I have had the same dilemma... only, I'm very hesitant to paint it. I guess it's because each person who's walked into the house immediately comments that they like my fireplace. For now, it's not a NEED TO, so it's being filed away for later ideas.<br /><br />The plaster option looks the best in my opinion, and you're right about the wall color. When it comes to painting the fireplace white, you have to go either extreme (like crisp white fireplace and teal blue walls) or blend it in with a very light color on the walls (similar to how the first photo has the wall color the same as the fireplace color, not bright white). I agree with you about that beige in your second photo; it's completely wrong for a white fireplace in my opinion. The bright white is too modern when the rest of the items in the house look more traditional.<br /><br />By the way, I will be posting soon about our flooring/fireplace dilemma like you had. We chose a different route than custom-fitting our laminate planks to the fireplace. We aren't without our fair share of challenges either. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18241259676766173114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-20696878709361765102010-08-23T12:42:56.515-04:002010-08-23T12:42:56.515-04:00I love that last one too! Bright white and huge wi...I love that last one too! Bright white and huge windows get me every time.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13370198235828703195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-17158601321860941712010-08-23T12:42:30.924-04:002010-08-23T12:42:30.924-04:00The white semi-gloss is in the house, Chelsea, and...The white semi-gloss is in the house, Chelsea, and it goes up on our ugly edifice this weekend, so I'm with you as far as the nervousness, but anything is an improvement, right?<br /><br />For what it's worth, I think yours is less awful than mine.<br /><br />http://sunnyslifeinrehab.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-scary-and-its-in-my-living-room.htmlLife in Rehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11434589062809471487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-7829040442053020512010-08-23T12:24:49.514-04:002010-08-23T12:24:49.514-04:00I think I would paint it. I painted mine white and...I think I would paint it. I painted mine white and I love it. My brother is a painter by trade, and he tells me that he's had a few stylish clients request him to paint their stone fireplaces white or a light color. I would definitely not tear it out, as I think it has really interesting patterns and lines that make for a cool focal point in the room. Can't wait to see what you choose!Amandahttp://www.hiphousegirl.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-89637933878764933192010-08-23T11:55:45.258-04:002010-08-23T11:55:45.258-04:00You can see it at the end of this post...help!!!:)...You can see it at the end of this post...help!!!:)<br />http://mommyofklaireandgrace.blogspot.com/2009/12/success.htmlErikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09359194409239051590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4102494402649101287.post-28011132808988490632010-08-23T11:53:25.354-04:002010-08-23T11:53:25.354-04:00Well these must be popular here in O-town because ...Well these must be popular here in O-town because I have the same thing (in between two built in shelving units no less)..I had no idea they were called lava rock, ha. No matter what they are called, it's not my fav part of my house either. I call it "the beast" but my hubby likes it so says no changing...I'm still working on him so do something wonderful so I can talk him into it, will ya!??<br /><br />ErikaErikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09359194409239051590noreply@blogger.com