Fireplace tile ideas can be used to frame or draw attention to a fireplace, add an accent color to a room, bring texture to a plain space – and to set the tone for the whole decorative scheme.

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Question: We recently purchased a house and converted the fireplace from wood-burning to gas. A curved screen stood in front of the fireplace when it burned wood. Now burn marks show on the hearth ...

The unique fireplace tiles were once a feature of Altadena’s homes – can they be rescued before the bulldozers move in? The mission is clear: retrieve the pristine tiles from a field of ash and rubble ...

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The team of masons, covered in dust and sweat, had been working in the ruins of the Altadena house for hours when a shout echoed across the wreckage. Volunteer Devon Douglas emerged from a pit of ...

Q. My wife and I want to remodel the dated fireplace in our living room. We recently put down hardwood floor around a raised brick hearth. I’ve since removed the raised hearth and we’re putting down ...

You face a few different issues: how to prep brick and tile so paint sticks, which paint to use and how to apply the paint evenly to such textured surfaces. There’s considerable disagreement about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Volunteer masons, including Cliff Douglas, right, worked to preserve the tilework around the 1923 fireplace in Valerie Elachi's ...