Our home is full of lots of really gorgeous original details—and some not so gorgeous, not so original details. Somewhere around 1980, our fireplace’s original cast iron surround and summer cover were removed and replace with plug in, light-up logs and delightful glass doors. I’m sure whoever carried out this mission had great intentions, and it was all done in the name of “modernizing the room” (as it was at that point was just over 100 years old), but I just couldn’t deal. The red bricks popping out over the top of the black/brass/glass = gross.
