Shabby chic it? Kinda like above. The sconces are throwing me off a bit...upside down? And the brass screen door should be painted black or replaced with something with a little more character. Just my 2 cents worth. :)

I agree with smdrovetto. There are thousands of pictures online of craftsman fireplaces, and a majority of them have tile incorporated. Good luck with your project!

Seven years late.

But the walnut blasting video is a horrific example of endangering worker's health while removing almost certainly leaded paint. Doing the same thing in a home without adequate containment measurements is equally dangerous. I once removed the plaster over a disused interior chimney. The exposed brick looked hideous and I ended up just painting it white.

Yeah. I noticed my comment was a little late, after I had posted it. Oops!

You may be able to see the unfinished brick inside the fireplace unless the fireplace was used and has accumulated a lot of soot. We bought a California ranch-style house (built in the early 70’s) with a huge two-sided fireplace which had been painted (like everything else) off-white. I had it very lightly sandblasted to remove the paint. Removing it by any other method (heat gun or stripper) would have taken a long long time and cost a lot in labor. The sand was vacuumed up three times with a commercial vacuum before hardwood floors were laid. The underlying brick now has a lightly roughened texture and is a regular red brick color. The trick is a light touch with the sandblasting.... more like sand-washing, without water, than blasting. We have had the house 36 years and have never regretted doing it.