Please post a photo. It would be very helpful in understanding the situation.........

Sorry it’s not picturesque!!!

My house has been like a construction zone for some time now. The chairs you see are just for my cats to look out the window. Not decor.

I have the grey tufted couch covered. Grey ceiling beams , cathedral ceiling The hearth was brown flagstone. I made a form around it and poured concrete. The plan was to put grey tiles on top but I stopped dead cold flat confused. Thanks for having a look.

I like your suggest to paint the cedar white, the same as the window trim and then paint the wall an accent color, like a soft grey / beige........Look at "accessible beige" by Sherwin Williams. Make sure the white is a semi gloss or a gloss .........

You don't need to paint the cedar, it looks really good. Would it be possible to change out the dark tile surround though - it all sort of blends in together.

Hi Cheryl! You've done a great job in managing this by yourself!

Wood is a neutral, as is painted (white) wood. In your case, I would showcase the cedar, and then bring natural accents of wood into the space with my accessories, and perhaps my picture frames. This is a beautiful feature, that painting it would only downsize. I would let the cedar shine, and let it be a warm accent!

Thank you. It’s what I’m likely to end up doing. But! I had another brainstorm today and thought of leaving the cedar alone and paint the trim around the windows plus all the woodwork a medium gray. I thought a warm white-cream for wall or white-white. What do you think? Sending pics of beams and sofa. Poor lighting tonight. The walls are painted white-white now. I really would like the all white fireplace and trim but I’m concerned that the wood is knotty and I do have a little problem with the tile being dark gray. I like the pics you sent love a fireplace

can you stain the beams to match the fireplace? or vice versa? I think a fresh coat clean warm white paint on the window trim and walls will help.

Torrey and Vanessa: Thank you for chiming in. What would you think of gray window woodwork and trim? I have also thought of lighter color of tiles. I could tile on top of the existing I suppose. I also thought of using Feather Finish over the tile like a cement countertop. It’s fireproof but the sealers May not be. I’d need to check.

I would keep the trim white.

Everything looks a little darker in the pics than it actually is. Still, though, on the darker side.

I can change the beams, but I would go lighter. They are lighter now than when I moved in. They were dark brown. Walls were darker too. Beige. I wouldn’t mind white beams.

Okay on the white woodwork.

Thanks everybody. I’ll post back with pics again once I have made a decision.

Decision made. I really didn’t thinknpainting the fireplace would work with it so rustic, so I am going to add some moulding and paint it, then I’ll decide on a different surround. Sound good?

This is a photo of my cedar fireplace, remodeled! I am not finished. I’m having an awful time deciding what to do with the hearth which is poured concrete over the old flagstone. I could:
1. Put pebble tile over the top and white wood around the sides and front.
2. Finish off the cement using A concrete level or in top (it’s not level) and Feather Finish the whole hearth.
3. Concrete levelor on top and white wooded front and sides???

I feel like the pebbles might be too much pebbles putting it on top of hearth???

If I do concrete 100% on hearth, I can use decor to pull it through the house. Maybe make a concrete planter or bowl etc.

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You helped me arrive at my first decision to go white. I thank you all.

PS—I will be painting a Greige on the walls.