Show ms Design: Making a fireplace work Inventor eliminates sewing for windows By Chris Casson Madden Scripps Howard News Service ile it P- d- - s is I'D d- - lo Fireplaces serve as a focal point in a room Nut only oo they provide a source of heat and warmth in the odder months but their architecture and design elements create a statement that can influence the decoration of an entire room regardless of season Whether they are freestanding By selecting a simple neutral color and painting the entire room in the same tone the fireplace will seem to recede into the rest of the space Another visual trick is to strategically place an oversized mirror in the space opposite a window or a doorway This will make die room appear larger and the fireplace seem to be more in scale with the room By Sandra Betzina Script Howard News Elaborate window treatments which often include cornice boards are expensive Is the fircplsce composed of material that enhances you r decor? Many expensive fireplace surstoves or huge walk-i- n stone hearths fireplaces prorounds have been changed through home sales renovide a decorating dement that can prove to be one of vations upgrades and other situations for other types of mantels built-in- s and so forth your home’s finest enhancements If you wish to have a marble fireplace surround Many fireplaces have shelves mantels overmanminors recessed niches and but have a simple wooden molding mantel decoratels trumeaus built-in- s other design elements associated with diem These tive painting can provide you with a viable solution architectural dements although a tremendous design Faux marble faux bois from pc J’ocil strie and asset can sometimes prove to be a detriment other techniques can easily transform the mundane Many times people alter the dements around their into the sublime Another difficulty is how to disguise or play down fireplaces as their taste or current decorating trends change In some cases these changes can prove to be your fireplace when it’s not in use A large gaping design challenges bo before you strip and refinish opening can be an unattractive spot during the the overscale manld in your living room consider warmer months But a little creativity and ingenuity these points: can easily solve this problem Does the style of the fireplace dements match Create a small lidding screen to place in front of the style of your home? If your look is cutting-edg- e the hearth Or place a large plant floral arrangecontemporary and you cannot afford to change the ment collection of votive candles or a decorative Rococo marble overmantel you can visually downaccessory such as a basket of pine cones or glass spheres to dull the blank space play this element and your room will look more balanced and better suited to your taste By simply covThis is the time to let your imagination and ingeering the overmantel with a wooden frame covered nuity guide you with a large mirror or a piece of artwork the fireYour fireplace is a decorative and architectural dement that can be the foundation of a room’s design place will not detract from the rest of the room Is the scale appropriate to your home? Many It can also be a warm oozy focal point on chilly rail times larger homes have been subdivided into smallevenings so take some time to make it work for you er apartments or condominiums The result is that Garden TatawMon (Chria C— on Mnddnn host of tfw Horn living room cabia you usually wind up with a half-size- d show Inlanora by Damon la alao author of 12 hooka full-siza be used Color can to fireplace boasting Muding tw newly ralaaaad “Bathroom" awakabto tram local diminish the overall effect bookstore or from Random Houaa at 1 wood-burnin- g and difficult to install because the covered boards are heavy and require special hardware and two people to install With these problems in mind Beverly Roberts s North Csrolina woman developed a product called Window Crowns that really simplifies the process requires no sewing and can be installed by one person using a hammer and four nails From start to finish I made covered and installed three huge cornice boards on my windows in less than four hours for about $150 which included fabric The results were spectacular Because the cornice board itself is made of lightweight foam board rather than lumber it can be cut to size with a utility knife The kit includes everything you t ed need: lace board dust board end boards wall brackets (installed with a hammer and four nails) buttle id adhesive and a package of pins for attaching the fabric and nails If your window is larger than 41 indies you will need i f ! t l 0 3 n& two window kits But any size window can be accom- ff modated since extensions z can be glued in place & After the foam boards are glued together they are cov- ered in fabric or sheets Sheets are wide enough require no fabric piecing and are far less expensive than fabric if you can find a sheet that works with your decor To give a more luxurious suiter looking yvindow treatment the cornice board is first covered with medium I i weight polyester batting secured by end pins Fabric is cut 20 inches wider and 9 inches longer than the cornice If your window is very wide and you don’t have a sewing machine fabric pieces can be overlaid and merely pinned in place on I the ends Ann Junnak Russell V Andaman Darren v Anderson ' CPM CRB CRS nedantntPianeo(Mi n—mluO nnacoin nenancy&aenaooni ST ACE - 7 bedroom 35 bathe 3 car TOPS IN VALUE PRICE iragr humr the! 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