My new makeshift Fireplace....
I moved into my new apartment on the 1st of December 2011, The room was lovely but just a shell...... A friend of mine offered me an old electric Fire that just needed a good clean but worked fine!!
I then had the idea of building my own surround out of MDF and coating it with mahogany varnish, painted in a certain way that it looks like real wood. and two roofing slates for the base.
It was a considerably cheap build only costing in the region of about 40 euro!!
MDF = 18.50
2 Slates = 4.00
Skrews = 6.50
Varnish = 8.95
I'm thrilled with how it turned out. Its completely free standing and now it can be used in any room of house or come with me wherever I move to next. It comes in three parts so its easy to dismantle, and it plugs into any regular socket!!
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