Ugly fireplace

Beachview_2

I'm about to put the house on the market soon, but I think the fireplace is ugly and might put off buyers. I can't afford to rip it out, so what would be a cheap way of making it look better?

Here's the link to it hopefully

Ciderarmy1987

Beachview wrote: »

I'm about to put the house on the market soon, but I think the fireplace is ugly and might put off buyers. I can't afford to rip it out, so what would be a cheap way of making it look better?

Here's the link to it hopefully

http://s1095.photobucket.com/upload

Can you check the link please

Beachview_2

oops. Away to check and try to fix now

Beachview_2

I'll try this one instead. Different photo, same fireplace
http://s1095.photobucket.com/user/Lorna_9/media/SDC15300.jpg.html?sort=3&o=13

J_i_m

Not the prettiest thing in existence but it wouldn't be a deal breaker for me as long as the rest of the house is right.

I'm not overly keen on that wallpaper either but again as long as the house met my requirements I'd redcorate once moved in anyway.

Kayalana99

I don't think thiers anything to do...you have some lovely comlimenting oradements around it and I think the dog across the carpet makes it very homely :-)

Afaird it would probally put the younger couple off but it wouldnt be a deal breaker for me either but a more mature perhaps older couple may think its 'cute' and has chacter...maybe :P

Owain_Moneysaver

I'm not keen on the wallpaper either, and that's a lot easier to fix. Then it would only be the fireplace that was a bit dated, not the whole room.

abankerbutnotafatcat

Agreed with above, the wall paper was the first thing I noticed as well. I didn't mind the actual fireplace, that wrought iron type thing is timeless, it was the teaky looking shelf and, worse, the bricks that I disliked. Both could be painted relatively easily if you wanted; we've just done this on ours (both white in our case with a black iron fire) and it looks fab.

Beachview_2

Thanks for the replies so far everyone Later last night I thought maybe painting the mantel piece in a cream shade might help. I think the dark wood is a too imposing, and I might do the frame of the mirror too. I was kind of thinking of painting the stonework too but thought it might look worse.

The wall of the chimney brace wasn't the smoothest of walls, so ended up getting that paper as it was textured. Might have a look in B&Q

abankerbutnotafatcat

Can you paint over the paper?

coinxoperated

I'm 23 and I love the fireplace!