Lisa-C's Profile

I hope they have locks on them..

AW come on guys, talk about pedantic lol!

1: Paint that ceiling! Oh my God what is that colour?

2: Tile an new splashback in orange or red earthy tiles

3: New light fitting

4: Lay some cheap wood laminate flooring

Done!

You can buy the pattern for these chairs here :

http://www.bearwood.com/product3621.html

:D

Not exactly the same, but when we moved into our flat in UK, there was an awful 70s wood effect gas fire mounted on the wall, which we thought we could rip out, but turned out to be our water heater too! Nightmare. Anyway, we took the front cover off to get it to the smallest depth from the wall we could, which is about ten inches. We then made an MDF `3 sided box`cover if you know what i mean, that could sit in front of it, painted it the same colour as the walls and put a slick shelf above it, it looks so much better.

Why not build a cover, cut openings for vents and cover these with a nice wooden fretwork or metal mesh from a diy store?

Obviously, take into consideration how hot this thing gets, and design around it accordingly for safety reasons. Dont let it stop you buying a house, I know it looks horrific but im sure you can work something out!