The old fireplace: a 100% decorative option?
The old fireplace has undeniable decorative potential. On the other hand, when it comes to using it, it can sometimes be a bit complicated! Indeed, it has long been the preferred means of heating, including in apartments. It is therefore found in many old buildings. However, safety standards have evolved a lot in order to limit the risk of fire or carbon monoxide poisoning. If you want to use your fireplace, it is therefore important to make sure that it is safe.
Often, major modifications are required to continue using an older fireplace. To avoid costly work that could damage it, you can opt for an often simpler option: install a contemporary wood stove.
The alternative: forget about the fire, and exploit the purely decorative aspect of your old fireplace! Depending on its style and dimensions, it can even become the highlight of the living room. To highlight it, we therefore rely on a few pieces of refined furniture.
The color to enhance the fireplace
Sublime, the old fireplace! If, however, you find it a little too classic, bet on color to dress it up.
In a total emerald green look, the fireplace blends into the decor. This strong color dressing the living room from floor to ceiling creates a cube effect that is both cozy and terribly sophisticated.
The mirror remains a safe choice to dress an antique fireplace in style. In order to breathe a contemporary spirit into your interior, forget about the immaculate walls and the golden mirror, and bet on an offbeat palette. Here, we repaint the frame in white, which stands out nicely against a tangy green.
Wallpaper offers a smart alternative to dress up an antique fireplace. In this very natural dining room, we have opted for a panoramic motif, ideal for enlarging the room. Decorated with plants, the fireplace is discreet.
Want to stage the fireplace? Use a simple trick: a strip of wallpaper to highlight it! In this interior, we adopted a formidably trendy palette, focusing on a taupe color and an orange red.
Massive, your old fireplace? Let yourself be inspired by this neoclassical makeover, which is full of good ideas! To make the fireplace appear less imposing, we opted for the tone-on-tone option, which allows it to blend more into the wall. Above all, it was accessorized with a well-proportioned decoration: contemporary trophy and candlesticks thus display an XL format.
Old fireplace and contemporary decor: a flamboyant tandem
Whether they are in natural stone or adorned with pretty moldings, some old fireplaces deserve to be highlighted. And that does not require you to adopt a classic style or chic campaign: quite the contrary!
In this interior with assumed minimalism, we opted for contemporary formwork and designer furniture. Taking the spotlight, the marble fireplace is a real eye-catcher. It is also she who sets the tone, since the walls and decor are available in an ecru color similar to the veins of marble.
This contemporary painting displays a bright Klein blue that immediately draws attention to the stunning stone fireplace majestically enthroned in the living room. If the architecture is old, the decor is resolutely modern.
In total white look, this old fireplace is adorned with a beautifully sober covering. To sublimate it, we play with furniture and decor, with a very contemporary design. Part of a well thought-out asymmetrical wall composition, the fireplace is subtly noticed.
What decoration for an old fireplace?
Obviously, the old fireplace is the centerpiece of a stylish interior and it lends itself well to a chic country-inspired decor. But beware of its rustic or classic chic allure, because it does not lack daring!
A few recycled candlesticks, spray paint, and here’s how to wake up an old fireplace and give it a very playful pop spirit!
The trend is for natural decoration: more than ever, we are betting on plant decoration! And we seized the opportunity to subtly enhance the fireplace. Here, we fell in love with a drooping variety, which subtly draws the eye to the ornaments of this beautifully restored antique fireplace.
The old fireplace is easily adapted to a bohemian decoration. Bright colors, games of transparency, soft natural materials or dried flowers contrast wonderfully with a natural stone fireplace.
A pretty sun mirror on an old fireplace and Scandinavian-inspired furniture: that’s enough for a little north wind to blow over your interior!
Candles, vases, fresh flowers or dried flowers … a large old fireplace can accommodate many and varied decorative elements. The good idea? Opt for an ephemeral decoration, which you will renew over the seasons!