We can play around with a furniture arrangement along these lines . . . but we’d be more clever with your empty wall to the right of the fireplace.
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I like how this mantle wraps the fireplace. . . . I’m still pulling ideas together - want to have things with us when we go to Cincinnati.
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The mantle and leather furniture . . . I’m calling this “rustic chic”
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A different approach, more in keeping with your trim work - but I think this would help balance things a bit. Bringing the mantle out and around the sides of the fireplace. . . and it dresses the space up too. Of the two mantles I like this one the best for the upstairs fireplace.
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I like the simplicity of this mantle . . . It may be worth considering.
Love the cabinet next to the fireplace
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