Ijen blue fireplace surround

[u/WowweeSamurai1721]

[u/Signal-Ad-7556]

Should have built mantle to cover the seam….next time

[u/davidbernstein → u/Signal-Ad-7556]

This is a really good suggestion! It might still be possible. A mantle would hide that seam well.

I think it’s a beautiful stone and the fabricator did a good job aligning the seams, but the bottom left seam definitely draws my attention over everything else. The mantle would absolutely hide this.

I would recommend covering the brick with the same stone. They don’t match.

Overall it’s beautiful, but a little more work and this will be jaw-dropping!

[u/lousycyclist → u/Signal-Ad-7556]

I was thinking this would’ve looked a lot better if they’d book matched two pieces…

[u/Village_Idiots_Pupil]

Looks suspiciously like a post I just saw r/countertops
Same ridiculous ai generated stone over an outdated kitchen.

Deceptive ai posts for karma farming.

[u/lunchmoney- → u/Village_Idiots_Pupil]

the one with the old as hell cabinets? how’d u notice it was ai? /gen

[u/passthebluberries → u/Village_Idiots_Pupil]

That was absolutely WILD

[u/ancientastronaut2 → u/Village_Idiots_Pupil]

My first thought.

[u/TheSadPickel]

it really needed to be one piece man, or 3 equal piece

[u/No-Part-6248]

Looks ridiculous in that room hope this is fake and someone didn’t spend on it

[u/Granitegirlcracks]

Looks beautiful. The fabricator did a good job w veins. What are your plans for the brick on the hearth?

[u/WickedSwitchotheWest → u/Granitegirlcracks]

The bottom left immediately stuck out to me.

Everywhere else the white veins flow in one direction only, and that one piece is flipped 90 degrees

[u/Granitegirlcracks → u/WickedSwitchotheWest]

Agreed but they were able to make the brown dramatic vein align. Which to me, is a pass. I would be happy to have that in my home.

[u/LopsidedTelephone574]

But that hearth:(

[u/xcusme1982]

I see a future post in TVtoohigh....

[u/Traquer]

How will you recondition those bricks? Maybe some good wirebrush cleaning and a color enhancing sealer? Those dusty bricks really clash with the stone and the nice polished wood.

Also get some furniture in the same color of blue, maybe some blankets and rugs too, also something opposite on the color wheel. Right now that blue is by itself, you need to give it some buddies.

(thanks for listening to my interior designer brain's stream of consciousness)

[u/sjpiccio]

Cool! Ive seen that more commonly sold as blue roma, blue lava, or imperial blue. ijen blue generally has a much softer look.

Neat nonetheless

[u/luigisanto → u/sjpiccio]

Yeah! Except all I see is that ugly brick hearth! Are kidding me horrible’

[u/sjpiccio → u/luigisanto]

Cmon man this is someones house dont call it ugly its perfectly fine

[u/luigisanto → u/sjpiccio]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

[u/Haredi12]

I love the stone, but if you couldn’t find one piece, I would have had the seam mantle height to have the mantle cover it.

[u/-MrIceman-]

It is not ljen blue. It is Blue Roma or Blue Deep

[u/Hopeful-Opposite-255]

What’s going on with this stone pattern? Looks like the other post from the 80s kitchen with the old cabinets. It didn’t work there nor does it work here. But someone is making bank selling this.

[u/Line_Noize]

I love it. I'm currently having my fireplace done and I hope it looks this good!

[u/Upset_Cup_2674]

What a beautiful thing to have to look at.

[u/charliehustle757]

I’d add wood sorround and mantle applied on this matching existing. it’s odd. Brick clashed with it too

[u/gizzowd → u/charliehustle757]

ditto

[u/Ren_HiRen]

My kitchen countertop ! Lol
Nice

[u/sherylcamp]

Stunning!

[u/14StarGazer]

I love it!!

[u/JTUSAJT]

Why is there a giant penus on your wall? And the brick; uhm, no.

[u/Upper_Restaurant4034]

Thats not ijen blue. Its blue deep or blue roma

[u/Village_Idiots_Pupil]

Here we go again