Love this space and the great skylights - lots of options here. The floors look to be maple and I've heard staining maple can be problematic, though maybe possible if you are only trying to change the undertone without much change to the darkness of it. Are you keeping the firebox itself or thinking of a switch to a more modern linear fireplace?

I suppose it depends on your budget. Those floors look like they're in good condition. I would probably refinish then in a darker stain closer to the last picture rather than spend thousands on new wood floors. As for the stone, while whitewashing would get rid of the orange, I don't think it would modernize the space. I would probably remove the orange stone and replace with a modern tile, or slabs of honed slate-colored stone, which would read much more modern. There are a wide variety of finishes you could use to stay on budget, if that's a concern.

Is this the only room that has the wood flooring in it? Are you planning to replace the floor or restain it?

What colors are your furniture?

Do not white wash that fireplace as with the size of those stones, it will not give you the clean slick look that you are trying to achieve.

Te stone fireplace…leave it as is…the culprit in the room is the white. Repaint walls/ceiling B.M Black Pepper.

Use tones like these for rug.furniture/fabric.

Do you know if that is faux stone on fireplace? From photos it doesn’t look thick so for the look you want, you need to remove the traditional mantel, and stone. As mentioned a long lower contemporary fireplace would give you more of a contemporary look. Once you have stone down and select new large format tiles, your floors will look remarkable and much lighter. A deeper gray on your walls would also counter the gold tones in the floor. So that is what I would tackle first.

mnmamax3 thanks for the insights, we will be updating the firebox face as well to a more modern looking one and the fireplace will be the first place we will start updating.

tedbixby and frenchtarragon

As for the floor, we do intend to cover a office room right next to the living room with wood flooring (its carpet now), so we would prefer to be able to match it up all the rooms with the same floor wood/color.

Our furniture is mostly slick gray/black/clear chairs/steel

frenchtarragon thanks for the advice, yes, white washing would be out of the picture, and we liked your suggestion of slabs of honed slate-colored stone, definitely a nice option (i had thought of doing washed concrete look as well that would be similar too). we are definitely looking into it.

Flo Mangan not sure, but i believe the stones are real since we had someone inspecting the fireplace and my husband mentioned they would recommend removing it due to the weight be damaging the floor somehow.

On the other side (right of the fireplace) we are considering a large vertical painting and for the opposite wall we also thought as you said about painting the wall bellow the stairs on the side of the living room gray.

We would put the same wood on the stairs with a modern railling.

JudyG Designs The last picture is pretty much just like our kinda furniture now, so the style seems really off the fireplace color/style right now, however i believe the pantone colors could be worked on since mostly our furniture would match.

If you update firebox, you will have to change stone out. So that’s good. Plan those elements out together so you have wall, stone and trim around new fireplace all working well together.

Yes paint walls in gray and may be white wash the FP?

with flooring

Don’t remuddle this house. It’s innate character should be respected and embraced. 45K of complete fireplace rebuild and all new floors will net you exactly 0 in resale appeal. Vandalizing it by smearing paint on it will actually lower the value of the home.

Work with it. Not against it.

I don’t like the fireplace either but i also don’t like painted stone. Since you like the industrial look why not have it coated in polished concrete.The first pic is actually a DIY job but done for less than 100.00

This is what happens when someone takes a previously warm toned home and tries to turn it into a cool tone home, but forgets that the built in elements are hard / expensive / wasteful to redo. Your plan will create a 2017 fireplace dated in 10 years. If you don't like the stone, cover it with drywall so a later owner can find it again.

Unless you live in a true loft, with the ductwork, brick, columns, concrete, etc., the "modern industrial" look is going to look affected. It's also been so widespread that it's reached its zenith and is on the way out. It's sorta like the Tuscan look that was so huge for a while; you still see kitchens with it now, but it almost never looked authentic. I would embrace that fireplace stone, save thousands by leaving it and the floors alone, and use wall paint color, rugs, upholstery choices, to work with that stone and tone it down.

I'm not sure why people think you should work with that fireplace if you don't like it as it isn't like the stone is precious. I actually think that fireplace is hideous for the space as the stone looks fake since there is no depth to it and the sides are only motar.

I think what you need to be most aware of is that when you start making changes and going a different style direction than what the house currently is, is how will this new style affect everything else. Like the front door and front windows which are clearly not modern in style.

Maybe the thing to do is to move in, live with everything for a yr and during that time do your research, figure out exactly what you want and get your budget together. I always do this when I move into a new house and what I found is that what I initially planned to do, I ended up doing something different and I was happier with it. It also allowed me to save more money so I could accomplish more changes in a shorter period of time. That yr goes really fast.

Enjoy your new home.

This chair is tiny - I'd try 'natural' [leather] and metal / chrome.

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The hearth seems toastier - make stones a toastier color, is a pro there really recommends it?

One other thing, that fireplace placement makes me wonder how the furniture layout will work. The fireplace almost looks like it was added after the house was built?

the stone is hideous. painting it will only make it less so. remove it and redo the fireplace w/something you like. white quartzite stack stone?

or do a combo black/gray /white quartzite

redo the floors in a darker tone if you don't like them. but changing out the fireplace will make them appear less yellow.

Talk about dated stacked stone has come and gone IMO. I think a simple concrete finish is perfect for the industrial look and the next owner can do what ever they like . I would however get rid of the grids on the windows.As for the floors they actually are often seen in industrial lofts in that colr

this is dated? really?

but a concrete finish in a 80's tract home is a good idea? this would look better? with the traditional style doors and the oak staircase we can't see?

how about a combo of both?

This looks like an open concept space - what is on the other side of this room? That might give some insight on how to proceed.

I totally agree with JudyGDesigns. That color combo would be killer for more of an industrial look. Bring in a gray boucle rug for texture, use rustic metals and industrial styles tables and accessories to play off the colors. Keep your color palate a play of warm and cool neutrals, then you can create interest with architectural pieces, graphics, and pops of color.

Beautiful space. Fireplace doesn't look bad at all but liking it is a matter of personal taste. At a glance, fireplace and flooring both look good and appear to be in good shape.

If you want to keep but change the fireplace, remove the mantel and face the entire rock fireplace and chimney, floor to ceiling, with material(s) you like -- materials that suit your style.

You can face the fireplace stone with a brick veneer of your choice-- rather than using full bricks -- and that will weigh less ... but do make sure the subfloor can support the additional weight of whatever cover materials you use and, if needed, additional support is added

Once you have the wall you want, you can add a new fireplace surround and/or mantel and/or screen.

You could paint on the edge between cool/warm -- add flooring's gold in fabric // and like natural leather in coffee table here....?

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Thanks everyone for the replies!

elerygirl thanks for your suggestions, it would work out but I guess we are really into putting down the rocks and stick with the polished concrete which would match more our personalities since we would have to be looking into it every day :)

ophie Wheeler and jhmarie unfortunately we bought the house because we really could see a lot of potential to our taste in it, if it was going to be kept probably we wouldnt had put the offer ; ) we understand that each person has a taste, but with all the changes we are planning for the house, even tho we keep the stones for next buyer, it probably wouldnt match the rest of the house with the changes we are planning.

friedajune thanks! yes, we are also planning on changing the doors and windows, to match up the rest of the house. i believe that if we decide to work around the fireplace we would just be putting a band aid in it and having to change our furniture / upholstery style.

atricia Colwell Consulting thanks for your suggestion, it definitely would look great in it and thats what we kinda had in mind, but i guess now we are sure we would love to have that kind of fireplace in our living room that definitely matches our taste <3 the windows we are planning on black ones without the grids.

tedbixby not really, the house was built in 1983. We have open stairs on the other side, which we are also planning to update the it with wood and changing the railing. We are pretty much updating everything since the house belonged to an elderly lady that hadn't done any updates in the last 10 years!

Beth H. : we will be updating the stairs with wood and steel railing. we thought about stacked stone as the picture as well, but after seeing so many we are more towards the slick polished concrete finishing, however the clean stack stone is a great option also!

mnmamax3 i have posted some other pictures from the other side of the room, but i will happily post them again here bellow. we have stais, that will have wood and steel railing. the kitchen is on the other side which we are planning on breaking down part of the wall to have a larger entrance.

Oops, sorry - I thought those were ALL your inspiration pictures - my bad! Love the direction you're going and I think you definitely need to ditch the stone. Can't wait to see the finished product!

BTW, we found a beautiful tile that we are using for our fireplace. Not done yet, but we have the tile on site and it's got nice dimension without being too woody or concrete. http://www.olympiatile.com/product/series/747/plant

that's a great choice.