Rustic Modern Fireplace Inspiration

Part of our living room remodel involves our fireplace. It's giant and I love that about it. I can't wait to use it this winter! Our house is all electric, so Matt jokes we will be using it to heat the house this winter ;) The owners of the house before us did a great job of bringing it from the 1970s to today, but with the remodel I have planned, I'm going to take it another direction. If you remember my living room inspiration picture, the fireplace had a solid surface surround. I loved it, how modern it felt, how seamlessly it flowed with the walls and found a few others for inspiration. 

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What the fireplace looks like now

My design template 

After calling several places, I realized a) not just anyone feels comfortable doing a fireplace b) this is Texas and everyone was trying to get me to add a hearth. Seriously one guy said "if you don't have a hearth it just looks like a big opening on the wall, unless that is what you are looking for." YES! YES! That is exactly what I am looking for. And c) could I make the fireplace just as amazing without using a quarter of the budget to pay someone to do it? You know I hate paying people to do something we can do ourselves. If you don't know that about me, well now you do. So that led me to start thinking about how we could do the fireplace ourselves. I initially didn't want to do tile because I wanted a smooth surface, but had been toying around with the idea for a few weeks.  In the middle of the night a few days ago I woke up with an idea and things have gone from there. I am in love with hexagon tiles and are seriously considering using them. I had to draw it out myself to see if it would work. I did this on Saturday at 3 am. Thank you wrapping paper. This tile from merola tile gives me all the heart eyes, but I'm not sure the size will work. If I don't use it on the fireplace, I'm really considering putting it down in the kitchen. I've also been considering solid black for the fireplace. I've been searching for inspiration pictures, and have found a few to guide me.

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  Still aren't 100% set on hexagon, but leaning that way! Would love to see any pictures if you have used hexagon tiles in your home. 

Early Stages of Living Room Remodel

I've blogged before, I believe, about us buying our dream house this past summer. We are ever so slowly putting our touch on things around here. Two things I've learned over the years of home remodeling is you need ample supply of time and funds. Just moving into a new house alone takes time, add in two kids, two careers, and everything in between means we have been low on time! Even though it's now the holiday season, we've actually slowed down a bit, so I am hopeful we can get some things done these last few months. Add in a job change with pto payout and I've got the beginnings of a project! 

We decided to tackle the living room first. It gets the most use and will be less costly than starting a kitchen remodel (which you know I'm already planning!)

I had a designer come in back in August I think just to give me some direction on where to start. I take pride in doing all of the designing part myself, but this time around I needed help! If you are in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and looking for a designer, Sommer was great to work with. You can view her website here.

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This is direction we are going. I love the the flow of the room, how hanging the shiplap vertically really accentuates the ceiling height, and how planking the ceiling adds texture and design on it's own. I can't wait to see it come to life. I've been pinning like crazy, you can follow me here, but I'm also going to be utilizing my blog more to share my inspiration plus document our journey from house to home! Hope you enjoy going through every detail with me!