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| Before: this is a picture of the suite on our house possession date. Note the yellow walls, blue carpet and dated brick fireplace facade. I think this was a working fireplace at one time, but it is no longer functional and safe. |
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| We did the updates in stages, as suite access allowed (ie. tenant occupancy). First step was to paint the walls (grey), paint the fireplace brick, and add an electric fireplace unit. |
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| Next step is to replace the carpet. Once we knew the timing for the carpet install, I wanted to replace the ugly fake parkay laminate hearth with slate tile. |
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| Once the tile went down and dried, I grouted. Since this isn't a wood burning fireplace, the hearth is only decorative, it doesn't have to meet safety codes for dimensions. The parkay flooring hearth had to be temporarily set back in place (minus a notch out for the new tiles), since the carpet install was still pending and the tenant was still living in the suite. |
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| In order to fit the electric fireplace into the fire box opening, it needed to be raised up slightly. We did this with 2"x4"s cut to size to create a platform for the unit. |
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| Since the fireplace unit is quite a bit smaller than the firebox opening, I crafted a DIY trim kit with various sized metal roof flashing that was spray painted black and fit to size around the unit. |
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| After: now that the new carpet is installed, the updates are complete. |
Blog post by Heather Fulcher
Professional Organizer for Hire
Vancouver, BC, Canada
heatherfulcher@gmail.com
604-618-4829
