So this is a photo of the room we’ve been working on for the past few weeks. We’re trying to recreate the space to look like this old photo. Check out the fireplace. Notice the raised brick floor of the fireplace.
Up close you could see the outline of two flagstone bases
So we finally started removing the brick to see if the flagstone base was still intact. And sure enough, it was.
Here it is with the brick removed and the original flagstone slab showing. I think it looks great.
This fireplace is actually a double angled fireplace that you would ocassionally see in victorian homes. In this photo below (probably from the 70’s) you can see that the hearth is gone and a large stove was put in it’s place. Notice the brick floor under the stove. It seems a little odd to have two fireplaces in one room. After studying old paint patterns on the floor we determined that there was once a wall in between the two fireplaces so we put that wall back. The room division seems to make alot of sense now that there’s a new wall up.
It looks kind of small and lost here, but we are going to rebuild the hearth and it’ll look great.
And here’s the other side of the wall. While the exposed brick looked nice we really want to take the room in a different decorating direction. We’ll look for a salvage fireplace mantel surround and it’ll look great.
Took the family for one of our many trips to NYC. This time we explored the neighborhood called DUMBO. I think it stands for Down Under Manhattan Bridge something. It’s a neighborhood worth checking, especially Bubby’s restaurant which is the best. And just down the corner is One Girl Cookies and this place is definately worth a visit.
Looks at those cupcakes