We use a liner for sink cabinets made by WeatherTech, the same company that makes car floor protective liners. They’re made in the US and we’ve been pleased with the quality.
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Excellent, thank you!
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We used a Chilewich door mat; H cut it to fit. The mats are mold and mildew resistant. These are the same people who make the Chilewich placemats for the table. You can get them at Williams Sonoma or Bloomingdales.
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You could call them, tell them they installed the wrong thing, and tell them they can either re-install with the right thing or give you a rebate. I’m sure they’ll just give you some money.
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Has anyone redone the tile/marble around their fireplace to look…better? I can get a pic later when home but I’d like to take off the screen (it’s a gas fireplace), repaint the firebox, we need to update the gas components and then have someone maybe tile the front and floor surround. Nothing too modern, just a simple MCM tile perhaps.
Not even sure where to start looking for someone who could do this job. I will check with a fireplace shop for the gas elements of course and to make sure all is in working order but the cosmetics… not sure.
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We did, years ago. We had the fireplace store do it. I don’t recall it being very expensive. We have a strip of white marble 5" wide around the fireplace and a floor piece of marble that sticks out 8" and is around 5/8"-3/4" thick. The marble on the wall is in three pieces, where the two side pieces sit underneath the one that goes across the top. Then the mantle is installed around the sides and top of the marble. (This is in a small-ish living room, so we were downscaling from the oversized thing the builder had put in, so there was some wall repair/painting where the old mantle was removed.)
Did you replace “marble” or put “marble” in something elses place??
The marble replaced large square tile. I felt that the mantle and large square tile were disproportionately large for the room. We replaced the mantle as well. (This was 20 yrs ago so I am trying to remember whether the fireplace store people took down the old one or whether the builder took it down - it’s a long story involving the fireplace being erroneously installed off-center and was on a list of things the builder needed to fix after we moved in. Now that I think about it, I think we came to “compromise” where the builder took out the old fireplace, didn’t install a new mantle because I asked them not to so I could choose something they didn’t offer. I had the builder fix the wall and paint, and then I had the fireplace store come in and install the new marble and mantle.)
We had some extra vinyl flooring that my son cut to fit under the sink. It is easy to clean, etc., and was easy to do.
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Here is our fireplace. The wood would stay, the little brass trim would stay, the screen would go and I would like to redo the marble around the opening and the marble base
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What is it about the marble that you don’t like? The fireplace surround and adjoining built-in look pretty traditional with the picture frame molding and dentil molding. The marble looks to be a neutral color that could play well with just about any color scheme. I’m having trouble picturing MCM tile with those other components.
H and I replaced tile around a fireplace decades ago. It wasn’t difficult, just dusty, messy work. It’s not something I’d care to DIY again if I could achieve my goals in a simpler way, such as maybe painting the wood surround. YMMV, of course.
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I agree. Looks like the fireplace surround matches the wainscoting in the room. I love MCM but just can’t picture it in this situation.
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I think it’s…boring! I guess MCM was not a good description- but something with more color interest and more casual tone - NOT traditional! No pattern or anything but something fresh , a bit more updated , and make it a nice focal point.
I’ll try and find some examples
Change it if it suits your fancy. But I think it is quite lovely as-is.
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@abasket - I would start with the gas refurbishing, screen removal and repaint the box. Maybe your pop of color comes from there and you can leave the marble intact.
I’m not sure the wood would remain intact with the removal/replacing of the existing marble.
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This is sort of where I’m at. Do the things you mentioned and see if that gets rid of the tired, old boring look enough. I would never want to mess with the wood - could paint it but really don’t want to do that.
I was thinking maybe tile could be applied OVER the marble. But I have no expertise to know that this could work!
Maybe you could also tile the box instead of paint?
The fireplace store folks might know if it’s code in your area.
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Here are some examples that I think could add interest:
I know it might not be everyone’s cup of tea. But it’s mine! I enjoy an eclectic style - one that combines vintage features with fresh updates and some COLOR. I can and do use color in my home. Our house was orginally build in 1940 with some later additions and is on the water so we like a casual “lake vibe”.
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Here a a source for inside the box tile:
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@abasket - FWIW, I think your existing fireplace is lovely. But, I have heard that with the right backing, you can tile directly over marble. My only concern would be that the heat from the fireplace may impact the adhesive over time.
We inherited a brick charcoal burning fireplace. The previous owners painted the wood mantle/trim and white washed the bricks to get ready for the sale. We had the firebox tuck pointed and painted, and the system converted to gas. It was the chimney restorers that recommended what to do.
Before:
After:
We actually would have left the original wood if we had been given the choice but the paint did brighten up the entire room and changed the whole feel of the house.
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