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Hi all.

First time on here.

Please see attached a picture of the fire place. Its a wierd set up and just need some tips.

You can see there is about and 8 foot peice of wood running under the fire place which is the base to the fire place under that there r brick holdin up the base. (The laminate flooring has been fitted around the brick work)

What can i do to make this more appealing.

I cant rip it up as it will mean i will have to get new flooring put in.

I was thinking of boarding the front up. And painting it and maybe turning it into a sit down area maybe putting on some soft tops?

Any help would be great

your picture never turned up.can you not make use of the alcove.

tileclipproman wrote:your picture never turned up.can you not make use of the alcove.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2dw7zut ... uNIF1mnzqB

Here u go

I think its best to remove the timber and the brickwork holding it up.
either lay the timber on the floor or raise it by adding some timber under it.