Fireplace: Removing the mantelpiece

A new traditional fireplace with a contemporary approach. The firebox opening is a clean, horizontally elongated rectangle, cut directly into the wall. The traditional mantelpiece is completely eliminated—no columns, no carved frieze, no shelf for placing objects. Instead, there is a thin stone frame, only ten centimeters wide, surrounding the opening with a mitered edge, flush with the wall and not protruding; the stone is a subtle limestone or light-colored marble with soft veining. Below the firebox opening is a stone hearth flush with the floor. The wall above the fireplace is left entirely blank, suitable for hanging a painting or nothing at all. Avoid: adding a mantelpiece and shelf, using strongly veined stone, making the stone frame protrude three-dimensionally, installing a TV and feature wall above it.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座當代做法的新傳統壁爐。爐口是一個乾淨的矩形,直接切進牆面,比例是橫長的。傳統的壁爐架被完全取消——沒有立柱、沒有雕花的橫楣、沒有可以放東西的檯面。取而代之的是一整片薄薄的石材框,寬度只有十公分,以斜切的方式圍住爐口,與牆面齊平不出挑;石材是低調的石灰岩或淺色大理石,紋理柔和。爐口下方是一片與地面齊平的石材爐床。壁爐上方的牆面完整留白,可以掛一幅畫或什麼都不放。避免:加入壁爐架與檯面、使用紋理強烈的石材、讓石框出挑立體、在上方加裝電視與造型牆。