Hi everybody:
Moving on the my kitchen in my never ending remodel of my 1915 two-family home in northern NJ, I have removed several layers of plaster and paneling and found and old chimney with some pretty cool looking old brick that I would like to expose.
The chimney itself does not support any active fireplace, but vent pipes from the furnace have been run up the chimney. A previous stovepipe has been removed and filed in with a concrete plug.
My goal is to be able to expose this brick however the cement plug is a bit of an eyesore. One plan (a bit of half-assery, I'd admit) would be to block with a handing picture or other decoration mounted from the brick -- there's no way I am going to be able to match this brick.
However I thought of another idea -- chisel out the plug (and maybe a few halves of bricks to give myself an 8" by 8" square), fill with some bricks that are not as deep as the originals, and then mount some decorative ceramic tile in the space.
What do you think? I'm figuring since I can't match the brick, I should go a different route. Will this sceam half-assery or does it have a shot of looking good?
Here's a picture!
Moving on the my kitchen in my never ending remodel of my 1915 two-family home in northern NJ, I have removed several layers of plaster and paneling and found and old chimney with some pretty cool looking old brick that I would like to expose.
The chimney itself does not support any active fireplace, but vent pipes from the furnace have been run up the chimney. A previous stovepipe has been removed and filed in with a concrete plug.
My goal is to be able to expose this brick however the cement plug is a bit of an eyesore. One plan (a bit of half-assery, I'd admit) would be to block with a handing picture or other decoration mounted from the brick -- there's no way I am going to be able to match this brick.
However I thought of another idea -- chisel out the plug (and maybe a few halves of bricks to give myself an 8" by 8" square), fill with some bricks that are not as deep as the originals, and then mount some decorative ceramic tile in the space.
What do you think? I'm figuring since I can't match the brick, I should go a different route. Will this sceam half-assery or does it have a shot of looking good?
Here's a picture!