Here’s our current FP. It’s propane. If it were up to me, I would rip it out and replace this wall with a big sliding door out to our deck and patio. DH LOVES the fireplace though.
Mine looks exactly the same!! Including the wood floor and paint color. I can not remember how to post a pic.
We also have a small house but chose not to demo the 2 fire places because it is $$$. Honestly the 2 feet we would get added to the room isn’t worth it.
As soon as the new cabinet arrives for the left the toys & books won’t be on the hearth
In the big boys room / play room the fire place is the bookshelf
Oooh, we're redoing ours now. We had "built ins" around a normal red brick fireplace, but I hated how much the hearth stuck out. We're redoing all of our floors so I had to make a decision fast. Got DH to rip out the hearth and then he put up a "wall" and put up brick veneer. I sanded and stained a 2x8x16ft deck board (lol) to sort of match the new floors. It still needs grout and we need to decide what else to put up on the mantle, but I'm super happy with it.
Also, ours is gas, but we've never used it and the line is capped off. I'll probably paint the firebox black or charcoal and may put in some baskets with blankets. Not sure yet.