CHERTSEY

BOATS, BRIDGES, BOILERS ... IF IT'S GOT RIVETS, I'M RIVETTED
... feminist, atheist, autistic academic and historic narrowboater ...
Likes snooker, beer, tea, rivets and solitude, and is strangely fascinated by the cinema organ.
And there might be something about railways.
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Tuesday 23 January 2018

(Mantel) Piece de resistance

I think this is the highlight and the centrepiece of my new house:
 The dining room fireplace...
Fireplace from Newhaven tip (£10), cleaned and restored by Jim - but in excellent condition to start with, under its layers of white gloss paint. Brass skirt thingy from the marquee at Braunston. 'Teapot brown' oblong tiles from the V&A collection (£90 a metre!); Victorian decorative tiles bought on the works outing to Cleethorpes, 2015; oak shelf made by Pete Boyce (designed by me!); brackets by Yesterhome, all beautifully put together by Jim.

I love it to bits.

7 comments:

  1. Home is where the hearth is.... (or something like that, I think).

    Very nice!

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  2. Looks perfect (a bloke can't say looks lovely) Top class tiling job from Jim, I like the way he has made a design feature of the brown tiles between the feature tiles. It seems you have a beautiful home in Sheffield which is a really nice city.

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    1. My design actually :-) But beautifully executed indeed.

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    2. Your have the eye and Jim and the ability to deliver - a perfect partnership.

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  3. Hi Sarah,

    The hearth is the heart of the home and yours is lovely!

    Jaq xxx

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