Can we see the rest of the room for context.

I’m no pro. Not sure I’m much help, but here’s my first impression. Actually I like the tile color. I think the white grout throws it off, especially with the black surround and your mantle. Can you replace the tiles instead? And yes, several pix of your room will help get you more responses.

Painted tile. Ick! Ick!

Sorry, I think you should replace the tile, too. And while you're at it, either darken the stain on the mantel or get a new one. Also, get rid of the brass accent on the fireplace. That you should be able to spray paint out if you're at all handy. I'm not 100% sure what you should replace the tile with since I don't know what the rest of the the room looks like, but based on the information given I would say something stone-like.

It depends on your budget? I actually don't mind the idea of painting the tile if you have a very low budget and/or the knowhow (or means) to retile this if it doesn't go well. you will want heat resistant paint -- if you want to get it in a specific color, you might need to order it. (you can pretty much only get black or white from a hardware store.)

My first suggestion would be to paint the brass parts of the insert black (or paint the entire insert matte black for a more updated look). Use this paint.

Then consider painting just the grout lines dark green to make them blend in. Clean them very well with acetone and a scotch brite pad first. Here's a brand that has high heat paint in dark green, it might be a close enough match? Masking off these lines would be annoying, instead, you could spray some into a cup and dip a brush in it.

As far as painting all of it -- IDK if it's going to look very good here. I like painted tile for some projects, but I think this particular fireplace is not a great contender for it. It's going to be a ton of work, and I honestly don't know if you would be happy with the outcome. I can't think of a color of high heat paint that would go well with your orange walls. Maybe a warm light green from this brand, or maybe you can find better colors elsewhere. I would suggest painting the grout lines warm white as well.

It's hard to mock this up. Here's a really rough attempt.

Or if you painted everything -- including the grout lines -- the same color:

An addition to my comments above: I'm glad you like the orange, but it's really throwing me off. If this was my home? I would paint the FP tile a very dark matte color, repaint the orange walls to something much lighter (in matte), and do something to mattify the glossy finish on the wood mantle.

Your FP:

Or here's a fireplace that has the same style as yours:

Here's a before and after of a FP painted black (of course, they have a different style FP, and got new flooring too, so it's not exactly a fair comparison).

Everyone, TYSM! Theloft .is smallong & narrow. I use.it.as.my walk in closet with a sitting area for reading.

Hey Esther! I’d recommend painting the tile all black, and also paint the brass on the insert black, and then paint the mantle white to tie in with the white floor trim and provide a contrast to the dark wall.

By the way, I went on and on about the paint needing to be high temp. Maybe you don't need that for tile on a gas fireplace. Most of the blog posts I looked up recommend 2 part epoxy. (but do use high heat paint for the brass part.)

@gythahinkle HI!