Searching for Fireplace Design Inspiration

This is probably a blog faux pas, but I'm going to edit this entry, even though it's already posted. I have no idea what it will do to comments or the relevance of them, but I wanted to get the post up to share it with some folks I was talking to about fire places.

I'm going to add/modify some notes below on some fireplaces, and maybe even delete some.  I'm not sure if there are duplicates. I was looking at houzz.com and there were definitely duplicates there, in that there were multiple shots of the same fireplace.. Anyway, there was so much there it was a little overwhelming on my first pass--I only got through a SMALL fraction of what's there.

I looked at a BUNCH of fireplace pictures last night (actually 2/16). I've come up with some ideas/themes.

TILE: I like light stone travertine/limestone, gray/slate/subway matte, large modern tiles, long slim horizontal
MANTLE/COLUMNS/BOOKSHELVES: I like very simple designs, limited carving/inset/details, heavy/substantial mantlepiece, a few square-ish details/braces, and floor pieces that give weight to the bottom
HEARTH: I like matching or larger size tile than fireplace, I think, flush with the floor if possible

Traditional Living Room design by Chicago Design-build Oakley Home Builders

Spaces design

Modern Living Room design by San Francisco General Contractor Camber Construction

Contemporary Living Room design by Boston Architect LDa Architecture & Interiors
Below: focusing on the bottom half, I like the simplicity/shaker-ish design. It seems odd that the cross-the-top design piece is taller than the vertical pieces are wide, though it seems consistent with the proportions of the tiled spaces. I don't like that much elevation of the hearth.

Below: I like the very simple design and the thickness of the mantlepiece is just barely enough.
Living Room design by San Francisco Interior Designer Fiorella Design

Below: I like this one a lot, with a little less crown molding and a little heavier mantlepiece. I don't like the tile so much for my house. I think I'd go for something a little less buzy, tile-pattern wise, and a little less bluish.  And the hearth will need to be bigger at 5211 and not white.
Contemporary Family Room design by Seattle Interior Designer Six Walls Interior Design

Below: Ooh, love that design, with less crown molding and a bigger mantle piece (that phrase may become a drone). I think I'd like slightly larger tile, flat not glossy, and paler, and not green.
Traditional Family Room design by Minneapolis Design-build Great Neighborhood Homes

Traditional Living Room design by Denver Interior Designer Chalet

Traditional Living Room design by San Francisco Architect Howard Bankston & Post

Contemporary Living Room design by Vancouver Interior Designer Claudia Leccacorvi

Traditional Dining Room design by Boise Interior Designer Judith Balis

Spaces design by Los Angeles Architect Lisa Henderson - Harvest Architecture

Contemporary Living Room design by Other Metro Interior Designer Emily Hagerman Design

Eclectic Living Room design by Vancouver Interior Designer The Spotted Frog Designs

Traditional Living Room design by Seattle Design-build RW Anderson Homes

Contemporary Family Room design by Dc Metro Interior Designer Sroka Design, Inc.

Traditional Living Room design by Birmingham General Contractor Signature Homes

Traditional Living Room design by Seattle General Contractor Ventana Construction LLC

Traditional Living Room design by Seattle Kitchen And Bath Kayron Brewer, CKD, CBD / Studio K B

Traditional Living Room design by Philadelphia Architect Asher Associates Architects

Traditional Living Room design by Philadelphia Design-build Echelon Custom Homes

Traditional Family Room design by Sacramento Interior Designer Kerrie L. Kelly

Contemporary Living Room design by Toronto Photographer Peter A. Sellar - Architectural Photographer

Traditional Family Room design by Minneapolis Design-build Great Neighborhood Homes

Eclectic Bedroom design by New York Interior Designer B Fein Interior Design

Contemporary Basement design by Vancouver Interior Designer A Good Chick To Know

Traditional Home Office design by Grand Rapids Architect Visbeen Associates, Inc.

Contemporary Living Room design by Orange County Interior Designer Darci Goodman Design

Traditional Home Office design by Dallas Kitchen And Bath Brooke B. Sammons

Modern Living Room design by Raleigh Fireplace COASTROAD Hearth & Patio

Eclectic Living Room design by Toronto Interior Designer Lucid Interior Design Inc.

Traditional Bedroom design by Indianapolis Media And Blogs Thrifty Decor Chick

Contemporary Living Room design by San Francisco Interior Designer Amoroso Design

Modern Bedroom design by San Francisco Architect Jensen Architects

Eclectic Family Room design by Detroit Home Staging The Yellow Cape Cod

Traditional Living Room design by Portland Interior Designer nicole helene designs

Contemporary Family Room design by San Francisco Interior Designer Sullivan Design Studio

Contemporary Living Room design by San Francisco Media And Blogs Lucy McLintic

Traditional Exterior design by Seattle Design-build Michael J Cox

Modern Family Room design by Austin Architect Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects

Traditional Living Room design by Seattle Kitchen And Bath Kayron Brewer, CKD, CBD / Studio K B

Traditional Living Room design by San Francisco Kitchen And Bath The Wood Connection

Traditional Family Room design by Detroit Architect Studio Z Architecture

Contemporary Living Room design by Calgary Interior Designer Rochelle LD Zemlak @ Rochelle Lynne Design

Traditional Living Room design by Minneapolis General Contractor Stonewood, LLC

Eclectic Dining Room design by Toronto Interior Designer Jenn Hannotte / Hannotte Interiors

Modern Living Room design by San Francisco Architect Levy Art & Architecture

Traditional Family Room design by Dallas Photographer Lindsay von Hagel

Contemporary Living Room design by Other Metro General Contractor Cedarstone Homes Limited

Traditional Living Room design by Minneapolis Artist And Artisan Clay Squared to Infinity

Contemporary Living Room design by Vancouver Interior Designer Maria Killam

Contemporary Living Room design by Wilmington General Contractor Tongue & Groove

Traditional Family Room design by Minneapolis Kitchen And Bath Fixtures Dura Supreme Cabinetry

Traditional Living Room design by Portland Interior Designer Donna DuFresne Interior Design

tile: i like light stone travertine/limestone, gray/slate/subway matte, large modern tiles, long slim horizontal mantle/columns/bookshelves: very simple design, limited carving/inset/details, heavy/substantial mantlepiece, a few square-ish details/braces, and floor pieces that give weight to the bottom hearth: matching or larger size tile than fireplace, flush with the floor if possible

Traditional Living Room design by Minneapolis Kitchen And Bath Fixtures Dura Supreme Cabinetry

Traditional Living Room design

Contemporary Family Room design by Minneapolis Interior Designer RLH Studio

Traditional Porch design by Minneapolis Design-build Schrader & Companies

Eclectic Living Room design by Seattle Kitchen And Bath Signature Design & Cabinetry LLC

Like the color of this tile, size and shape too, matte finish. Don't like the layment pattern, prefer "subway" style.

Contemporary Living Room design by Sacramento Fireplace Rustic Fire Place

Traditional Family Room design by San Francisco General Contractor Supple Homes, Inc

This tile looks just okay here. I htink it would look even better in my house. :)

Traditional Family Room design by Salt Lake City Interior Designer Monique Jacqueline Design

If the small diamond tile areas were the same as the other tile,but smaller scale and rotated, I would like that better. Really like the mantle and trim here, except not all the crown molding on the mantle.

Traditional Spaces design by San Francisco Tile Stone And Countertop Innovative Tile

Traditional Living Room design by Calgary General Contractor Rockwood Custom Homes

Like the cabinets and the simplicity of the designs. Too much crown molding on the tops of the columns. Tile is too small, though I guess it goes with the rest of this particular design well. Love the simplicity of the design of the mantle and trim below. Tile pattern should be offset "subway" style for me and rectangular tiles not square.

Traditional Living Room design by Dc Metro Architect Moore Architects, PC

Nice modest scale. Too much detail on molding, better to be more like shaker style. Not enough tile,and prefer subway offset. LOVE the hearth flush with floor.

Contemporary Living Room design by Chicago Specialty Contractors Art Smith Custom Carpentry

Love this tile/grout colors.

Contemporary Kitchen design by St Louis Design-build Mosby Building Arts

Like the shaker styling and flush hearth. No like the square tile, or maybe just too much color variation.

Traditional Family Room design by Other Metro Tile Stone And Countertop Halifax Tile Company

Really like the weight of the mantle and baseboards, and simplicity of the overall design. The mantle supports aren't quite what I'd like.

Contemporary Living Room design by Detroit Architect Wright Street Design Group Inc.

Traditional Living Room design by Austin General Contractor Avenue B Development

Love how simple and bold.

Eclectic Living Room design by Minneapolis Interior Designer Susan E. Brown Interior Design

Love these mantle supports, strong mantle. Like the stone too, though it's a little too busy for me, colorwise. Don't like the tapered columns.

Traditional Living Room design by Vancouver Fireplace Hazelmere Mantel

Like this with different tile, heavier mantlepiece, and painted white.

Traditional Living Room design by Boston Architect Frank Shirley Architects

Traditional Family Room design by Other Metro Photographer Becki Peckham

A little less molding, a lttle more mantlepiece.

Traditional Family Room design by Salt Lake City General Contractor Candlelight Homes

I like a more basic tile, and less crown molding. Otherwise, this is nearly perfect.

Traditional Living Room design by Other Metro Interior Designer Arlington Home Interiors

Make this a matte tile and I love it. Solid hearth, mmhmmm!

Contemporary Entry design by San Francisco Architect Ohashi Design Studio

Want: bigger tile, no grooves in coumns, more shaker style.

Traditional Family Room design by Chicago Design-build Normandy Remodeling

Needs: Thicker mantlepiece, less molding, slimmer columns and tile

Traditional Family Room design by Seattle Architect knowles ps

Love this tile

Contemporary Living Room design by Boston Architect Charles Rose Architects Inc.

So simple, I love it. Needs thicker mantlepiece, narrower columns, firebox surround in tile, flush hearth

Traditional Living Room design by Atlanta Architect Dwell Design Studio

Though a good paint/color/finish could probably work, here's something that suggests to me I don't want to paint my brick.

Modern Living Room design by San Diego Interior Designer lorraine Pennington

Contemporary Living Room design by Other Metro Architect Christian & Christen Gladu Design

Hm. Do I want a little inset shelf box like that?

Asian Living Room design by Seattle Tile Stone And Countertop Norberry Tile

Simple and clean.

Contemporary Living Room design by Vancouver Architect mango design co

Traditional Living Room design by Other Metro General Contractor D. D. Ford Construction, Inc

Traditional Family Room design by Toronto Interior Designer Palmerston Design Consultants

Tile: Ann Sacks, Athens Silver Cream, honed in several sizes

Contemporary Bathroom design by Austin General Contractor Soledad Builders, LLC

Traditional Living Room design by Portland Design-build Craftsman Design and Renovation