I Know X-actly What I Want: Fireplace Update

If you've been following along with the Bungalow'56 basement reno,
you may have noticed, ahem, that I sometimes change my mind.

The next big decision I needed to make was how to finish the fireplace.

I have issues that run deep when it comes to fireplaces.

But I feel as though I have made progress since my last post.

The picture you see above is the one I have been holding dear to my heart.

I could not find any tile that even remotely resembled this, 

so with the help of Middlest and Eldest we tried a few photoshopped options with the tile I did find.

This was a no.
Snake?
Bad 70's Suit Jacket?

ummm... this was another no.
Pudding?
Fuzzy Peaches?

This was a little better.

It had an industrial look I could work with.

And while this white basket weave tile was pretty,
it left me wanting more.... easter eggs maybe?

So without any luck, it was back to the drawing board.

And as I sat in front of the unfinished fireplace....

I realized the fireplace I had,  just might be the one I was looking for.

With a bit of trim to cover the seam around the firebox?

And maybe a thin wood mantle?

Oh yeah, I was liking it.

But brick had been suggested by two of my favourite designers.

I felt deep down, that I needed to give brick one last chance.

The style above?  Not me.

Yup, getting warmer.
After a lengthy conversation with my fireplace therapist,

I returned to the drawing board.

Literally.

This 'to scale' drawing helped clear the smoke. punny one.

I tried to incorporate my original picture with the brick here.
And yet, after all of these ideas were laid out before me....?

I still could not make a decision.
So I decided to, not decide, and just leave the fireplace the way it was.
And of course,  I told Tony.
Because when I make a decision.  I make a decision!

When The Agronomist arrived home, I told him I knew x-actly what I was going to do to the fireplace.

Absolutely nothing.

He looked at me and said... "really."
I showed him all of my drawings and the pictures and explained we already had the perfect fireplace.

Funnily enough The Agronomist said that I was a really good drawer.
And that he was impressed with my fireplace renderings.
And you know what happens to me when he starts with all the sweet talkin?

The brick fireplace is looking just x-actly how I imagined!

And don't tell The Agronomist this, but I'm not worried about therapy,
because I figure you can always, always....
drywall over brick if you ever really needed to : )

xoxo,

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Alphabe Thursday~ sponsored by the letter X~