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How to Modernize an Old Fireplace?

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We don't lie to each other, having a fireplace at home during an energy crisis and rapid rise in heating costs - this is a big argument. Whether abandoned or used, the fireplace is a decorative element and great comfort that deserves special attention when restoring its value in interior design. How to transform an old stone fireplace? How to restore an old marble fireplace? Or simply how to improve an old fireplace? Answers are as diverse as various interior design styles. Since the fireplace is not excluded from interior rules, its presence can support decorative accents, require contrast, or become an opportunity to add originality to the heart of a room!

Paint for the mantel, centerpieces for the countertop, small decorative elements on the shelf or modern mirrors above the fireplace... Learn how to make an old fireplace modern with our best inspiring examples!

Modernizing a Fireplace with a Large Library

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How to turn an old fireplace into a modern one? The answer is in one image: This bright living room where the old fireplace dominates, completely renovated with a large elegant white mantel, but above all surrounded by a large library. An intellectual combination of open white wooden cabinets and closed white cabinets. A decor that is as harmonious as it is modern!

Creating Contrast with a Library by an Old Built-in Fireplace

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Modernism is guaranteed for this marble fireplace, which softly fades into a stack of blue shelves in this magnificent bookshelf created by 10surdix agency. The texture covering the entire wall with its muted and elegant color ("Midnight" by Sarah Lavine for Resource) perfectly matches Osborne & Little "Pantanal" wallpapers. An effective combination that makes the fireplace corner with a discreet wooden base. Absolutely modern!

Placing a Modern Mirror Above an Old Fireplace

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Improving the old white marble fireplace involved choosing decorative elements with black accents to highlight the contrast between black and white, very popular in Parisian homes, inside this exceptionally elegant interior. Antique vases from the 1940s stand on the mantel, and a large black mirror disrupts the rules of classical mantels.