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How would you add a fireplace here?

10 days ago
last modified: 10 days ago

I want to add a floor to ceiling height fireplace similar to the inspiration picture, however I have a window near ceiling, which gives an awkward space to position to the fireplace. We have done basic upgrades like changed the flooring, railings to black metal and painted the walls whites, i want to either add something like the brick style in inspo pictures or light grey limelight that goes floor to top.

BUT… what do i do with that windoe, dotn wnat to close it. ahow can i have the fireplace here to make it cozy. i have currently decorated it with a console table and a mirror over it





Comments (21)

  • 10 days ago

    Why aren't you showing us a current pic with all your changes?

  • 10 days ago

    Agree with posting current photos.

    Are you planning to install a wood burning, gas or electric fireplace?

    Your inspiration photo with a floor-to-ceiling chimney doesn’t work with the existing window imo. Consider eliminating the window. Or leave the window and go with a fireplace design that doesn't go to the ceiling as suggested by @la_la Girl.

  • 10 days ago

    Hi , give me a new picture

  • 10 days ago

    What are the dimensions in that space. It looks tight. Share more pics please.

  • 10 days ago

    Without specific measurememnts I don’t believe it can be done with the window there. I have the same question as la la girl ….. why don’t you want to cover the window? Seems like a very random location for a window.

  • 10 days ago

    Since none of the seating is facing a possible fireplace, why not put a large dramatic skyskape art work there instead since the window is also a problem? This palette would work since it echoes the rug. The blue above dramatically pulls the eye skyward to the window.

    Across the Expanse, Original, Painting · More Info


  • 10 days ago

    More of the overall space would need to be seen, and a floor plan is greatly beneficial for good advice. A fireplace will "solidify" your furniture layout, whereas without it you have more options to move furniture around. So seeing circulation availability and proportions (both in footprint and more of the vertically skinny Living Room) to understand how a masonry fireplace with a hearth extension will jut into the space and also draw your attention to the space's verticality.

  • 10 days ago

    If you’re not willing to get rid of the window, which I get for light purposes, why not put in a clerestory window centered over the new fireplace.

  • 10 days ago

    If your reasoning is because changing exterior involves too much expense, you can cover over the window on the interior and still leave the exterior showing a window.

  • PRO
    10 days ago

    don't close off the window and do a regular FP with a mantel and add balance for the window with something on the mantel.

  • 9 days ago

    This abstract landscape comes from Great Big Canvas and the palette works well with your walls, furnishings, and rug.


  • 9 days ago

    You might make the entire wall your chimney: clad the entire wall in limestone tile or natural stone veneer, if the wall can take the added weight of the stone. That would give you the texture and color variation of the chimney but the fireplace and window would both be squares in the wall and wouldn’t fight each other. You could have a wood mantel across the whole stoneclad wall, and panel both the small half-wall at end of the wooden railing and the soffit. Bes Best wwishes for your projec!

  • 9 days ago

    The challenge, is the proportions if you go with a really wide fireplace. It will draw your eyes acroos not

  • 9 days ago

    If you want to go high you will need to cover or remove the window

  • 9 days ago

    Here is a few options for a cozy fireplace

  • 9 days ago

    Another option is to not do stone but a beautiful stucco. Like the arched fireplace adding texture and intrest

  • PRO
    8 days ago
    last modified: 7 days ago

    A fireplace in this location might be ill conceived.

    Are you planning to watch TV in this area also?


    If it's not a wood burning fireplace the FP can be vented directly out of the wall. No chimney required. You don't even need stone above the mantle if you prefer.



  • 7 days ago

    That window has to go in my book.

  • PRO
    7 days ago

    The fireplace doesn't have to be the same width all the way up to ceiling/roof. You only need to accommodate the flue up at the height of the window. So, your fireplace could be asymmetrical and bypass the window although it might be rather right. In other words the upper portion of the fireplace could slope on one side so as to bypass the window.

  • PRO
    7 days ago

    I actually wouldn't let the small window stop you. A floor-to-ceiling fireplace can still work if it's designed as part of a larger feature wall rather than as a standalone element.

    I'd consider using textured stone or large-format panels around the fireplace and then adding subtle accent lighting to highlight the texture in the evening. That usually creates a much more expensive and dramatic look than relying on the fireplace alone.

    I recently compared several statement lighting ideas and before/after living room transformations that might give you some inspiration for creating a luxury focal wall:

    https://youtu.be/g-R98L8EdII