Fireplace

This was, without doubt, out longest restoration job but also, in many ways, the most satisfying.

If you’d like to know more about the pain involved in getting to this stage check out ‘How to restore a cast iron fireplace  – part 1, part 2 and part 3!

So, with elbow grease, stubbornness and a few chemicals we went from this:

Before

To this:

After

Here, take a closer look:

If you’re a paint geek: behind the fire is Farrow and Ball Blue Gray, wall colour is Pigeon and woodwork is Off White.

So, now you have met My Love. He may be over 104 years old but isn’t he handsome?

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