Formal living room stove pics?

emt1581 said:

I've been searching the forum and online for pics of wood stoves installed in formal living rooms and I haven't found that many. The VAST majority I've seen have been installed in basements and what I would call a family/wreck room.

So I'm curious if anyone has their stove in a formal living room? If so, could you share some pics?

Thanks!!

-Emt1581

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Check in here. Lots to answer your question.
https://www.hearth.com/gallery

emt1581 said:

I've been searching the forum and online for pics of wood stoves installed in formal living rooms and I haven't found that many. The VAST majority I've seen have been installed in basements and what I would call a family/wreck room. . .

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IMO, that would be the "high horse" in question. . .sounds like you're saying that you cannot find any pics on the world wide web of anything you would have in your living room. Also, you have been talking budget, but now you're talking as if the room is to be outfitted for Tea with the Queen. If that's the plan, then you will to have to pony up $$ for the hearth just like you would for the furniture in such a room. Like the lady said ~ 100 posts ago, you've gotta spend the $$ to meet requirements like yours. First the wife was too picky, now it turns out to be you. It's almost like you are trying to make the requirements impossible to meet. I'm starting to believe the guy who saw a gas furnace in your future.

Also, it kinda seems like you don't listen. I dunno if that's the reason, but communicating with you is more difficult than it should be.

OK, how about everyone just takes a deep, cleasing breath? I understand the "formal" aspect of the OP's question; I work in the home dec. trade. And most of the installations are, for the most, on the more "casual" side; probably because that's the way most people choose to live these days.

I also agree that it's important to look for design elements in pictured installations that could be translated to a more formal setting. Look for tile laid diagonally, look for plaster detail, look for the style of the stove relative to the style of the furniture pieces in proximity to it. I think you're going to have to "use your imagination" mostly because a truly formal aspect is not the present vogue.

I would also urge you to search the web for interior shots of the magnificent palaces of Russia, Scandinavia, and northern Europe (sp. Austria and Germany). In those cold areas huge, tiled, thermal mass stoves provided the heat in spaces that were huge and very, very "formal". You may well find many of the details "over the top" for your project. But again, you will be able to study pictures for the details and common theme used to present the stove.

Here are some ideas from my own "work in progress":
I opted for the raised hearth to "stage" the stove.
http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL889/1214523/11016919/380043840.jpg

The hearth tile before grouting and sealing.
http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL889/1214523/9107531/354501732.jpg

The finished floor (Advantec subfloor "dressed up). The pattern is a copy of the floor in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court.
http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL889/1214523/9107531/357517014.jpg

A not very good detail of the stove and "clipped" corner on the hearth.
http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL889/1214523/9107531/352906476.jpg

Good luck with your project. Its sounds like fun.

Best looking install I've seen is this Fireview. Can't even recall the user's handle, but it's a guy here.

Not sure you are going to find many photos of the majority of the room like you are asking, at least from us folks that are interested in the stove. Both Hearthstone and Woodstock have photos of their stoves setting on pads that might help you visualize what can be done. I'm sure there are other mfg. web sites that do the same. Good luck.

On the Woodstock website there is a very old promotional picture of the Classic (the stove in my pictures) in a very formal setting, presented in front of a large, ornate fireplace surround. I love the stove for precisely its formal aesthetic, that's why I selected it over the Fireview when purchasing a stove for my studio.

Things to bear in mind when working toward a formal setting are:
uniformity in materials
uniformity in color; use of varying finishes to add depth and some "sparkle".
repetition of classical motifs/style elements appropriate to the period of the furnishings in your room.

I'll throw in. Ours is a pretty formal livingroom.

dreezon said:

I'll throw in. Ours is a pretty formal livingroom.

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Now thats what I would call a shrine. Beautiful dreezon. Formal speaking of course.

+1. Dreez, is that mantle shield copper? $?

Bobbin, your pics show the Classic to better advantage than the pics in the Woodstock brochure do. Fantabulous!

emt1581 said:

I asked about a wood supplier and he said something about not knowing what supplies there are yet because there was a shortage last year...something like that.

-Emt1581

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If you don't currently have your wood for this winter you want it ASAP! That will be one of the most important parts of having a happy burning season.

mmm. . .soapstone.

I don't know if you'd call my room formal, but the setup is certainly not the usual fireplace look...

emt1581 said:

rdust said:

If you don't currently have your wood for this winter you want it ASAP! That will be one of the most important parts of having a happy burning season.

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In about a month we'll be able to start having it delivered or trucking it home from wherever. But I'm wondering why this guy at the shop said he doesn't know about "supplies" yet. Is there a certain time of year when that is known for some reason?

Thanks!

-Emt1581

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Not to be doom and gloom, but if its hard wood and not ash, other than kiln dried I would say next month or even now will be too late for a successful htg season. RE: your bang for your buck in BTU output and creosote deposits. If the soapstone or cast stove your eyeing up has a CAT then I would not even bother burning it for this upcoming season. Good luck though.