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!
https://www.homeownershub.com/img/co

On 07/12/2017 13:14, Shauna wrote:
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.Â* 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!
https://www.homeownershub.com/img/co

The picture appears to be of "Black cat in a coal cellar". Try again.

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Martin Brown

Martin Brown wrote:

Shauna wrote:

https://www.homeownershub.com/img/co

The picture appears to be of "Black cat in a coal cellar".

With a teensy green HoH logo in the bottom/right corner.

On 07/12/17 13:14, Shauna wrote:
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.Â* 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!
https://www.homeownershub.com/img/co


Since the picture is simply all over black, try installing a house, with
a wall, and then a new fireplace.



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On Thursday, 7 December 2017 13:14:07 UTC, Shauna wrote:
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!
https://www.homeownershub.com/img/co

Lighting would be the first move I think, then we'd be able to see it.


NT

In message ,
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On Thursday, 7 December 2017 13:14:07 UTC, Shauna wrote:
We're moving into a house with this fireplace.
https://www.homeownershub.com/img/co

Lighting would be the first move I think, then we'd be able to see it.

May be a problem if the chimney is blocked?
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Graeme

Shauna m wrote

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?

Almost anything is possible.

What can we do?

Strip it back and hope for the best. It may be so bad that
there is a reason it was over painted so many times tho.

Thanks in advance!
https://www.homeownershub.com/img/co

No fireplace visible when I follow that link with multiple browsers.

On 07/12/2017 13:14, Shauna wrote:
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.Â* 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?


It was probably over painted many times because it's not a "period
feature" worth keeping.


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In message , alan_m
writes
On 07/12/2017 13:14, Shauna wrote:
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.

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.
--
Graeme

On 08/12/2017 07:36, alan_m wrote:
On 07/12/2017 13:14, Shauna wrote:
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.Â* 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?


It was probably over painted many times because it's not a "period
feature" worth keeping.

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