Salvaged fireplace and ikea hack build
I had long wanted to add a fireplace to this bedroom and found a mantle similar to others in my house on marketplace. I got the cast iron insert from a local salvage place that was closing down. The plan was to build a false chimney bump out in the middle of the room with a decorative fireplace. Thanks to u/mach_gogogo for telling me all about the insert’s history. If you scroll to the last few photos, you can see the before - this was a blank wall. We recently added HVAC to this part of the house and needed to sacrifice the closet on this room (white door you see to left of built in) for an air handler and we needed a new closet. So I decided to do a built in using an ikea PAX wardrobe and building custom doors and making drawer fronts for the unit, and trimming it out. I had to relocate a bunch of electrical for outlets, the HVAC, and lighting. I also needed to get custom knives made for crown to match this room. I built a few little walls to attach the trimwork and hide all the seams. I did an applied bead molding on the inside of the panels that I made with a router. Overall I’m really happy with how it came out. For context, 1875 row home in DC area that was stripped of a lot of architectural details in the 50s that o have been slowly adding back. submitted by /u/OppChopShop [link] [comments]
| | I had long wanted to add a fireplace to this bedroom and found a mantle similar to others in my house on marketplace. I got the cast iron insert from a local salvage place that was closing down. The plan was to build a false chimney bump out in the middle of the room with a decorative fireplace. Thanks to u/mach_gogogo for telling me all about the insert’s history. If you scroll to the last few photos, you can see the before - this was a blank wall. We recently added HVAC to this part of the house and needed to sacrifice the closet on this room (white door you see to left of built in) for an air handler and we needed a new closet. So I decided to do a built in using an ikea PAX wardrobe and building custom doors and making drawer fronts for the unit, and trimming it out. I had to relocate a bunch of electrical for outlets, the HVAC, and lighting. I also needed to get custom knives made for crown to match this room. I built a few little walls to attach the trimwork and hide all the seams. I did an applied bead molding on the inside of the panels that I made with a router. Overall I’m really happy with how it came out. For context, 1875 row home in DC area that was stripped of a lot of architectural details in the 50s that o have been slowly adding back. [link] [comments] |
