Fire place ideas

[Sukh38]

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

 

[kazuya]

remove the wood, then take up all the the brickwork, take up the flooring that was under the wood and around the bricks.
relay the flooring you've just taken up, obviously your going to be a bit short, so leave a big gap in front of the fireplace and lay or buy a hearth to fit in the gap.
from the photo it looks like you'll have enough flooring to pull it off

 

[Doggit]

Take the bricks away, and fit the wood straight on the floor. If you can make a piece of something to then go round the edge of the wood, you could make it into a pseudo hearth.