How to make artificial fireplace

How to make artificial fireplace

In the cold winter evening, happens, there is a wish to sit at fireplace, to look at fire, to dream. But not everyone has such opportunity. Construction of fireplace very difficult and expensive pleasure almost impossible in the city apartment. Here also the decorative fireplace can come to the rescue.

Instruction

1. • Make of gypsum cardboard box 130 cm wide, 120 cm high, 30 cm in depth. Back and lower walls should not be done. Knife gypsum cardboard hacksaw or sharp. Stick together parts among themselves construction adhesive. Cut on face side of box furnace opening, that form what you prefer.

2. • Stick together one more box 120 cm wide, 110 cm high, 30 cm in depth. Connect box among themselves so that the back wall of fireplace has turned out, stick together construction adhesive. It is better to paste over internal part of fireplace with wall-paper with the drawing in advance "under brick", or to paint with white water dispersive paint.

3. • Collect from gypsum cardboard the base for future fireplace, 150 cm wide, 20 cm high, 40 cm wide. Establish the base at wall, for structural strength paste it to floor.

4. • Grease the fireplace basis with glue and densely press it to the base. From above attach, the chimney board which is cut out from gypsum cardboard, size 150sm/40sm.

5. • Measure distance from chimney board to ceiling, it will be flue height. Do the basis of flue 15sm/80sm. Surely paste flue to fireplace and to wall, on all height, otherwise the design can fail.

6. • Take decorative ceiling plinth. Paste over with it furnace opening and the basis at the chimney shelf. It is better to paste over foundation of the chimney shelf stepwise, plinths of different width that soft junction has turned out. In fireplace place the electric lamp imitating the burning fire. The ready fireplace can be painted with water dispersive paint, to paste over with wall-paper with the drawing "under brick" or "under tile", it is possible to paste over with the foam tile. On the chimney shelf it is possible to arrange candlesticks, figurines. Decorate wall near which the fireplace is located so that suited fireplace on style. As your imagination will prompt.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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