Has anyone got a fireplace in their kitchen?

[beauty bits]

Basically as above. I've moved home and there is a small fireplace boarded up in the kitchen (currently hidden by worktops). I would like to expose it but unsure how well an open fireplace in a kitchen would work? I've searced online but not getting what I'm looking for. If anyone has anything similar a pic would be great x

 

[AcidPerm]

Is it a large kitchen in an old house?
Usually, you'd have a chimney with a range cooker so could it have been something like that or is it a small narrow fireplace?

 

[beauty bits]

Yes its a big kitchen in an old house that we're renovating but it's a very narrow fireplace and not sure what to do with it. I'm wanting a traditional kitchen in keeping with the house but strugling on how to incorporate it.

 

[AcidPerm]

I'd probably look for a small pretty wood burning stove. So, something like this perhaps?

You can get black with chrome or brass fittings for added style or a coloured stove. There are some pretty cream ones. In a previous house, we had an old French pink stove. (Tall cylindrical). It wasn't very efficient so more of an attractive room feature but I really wish I'd kept it (and swapped it for an ordinary one when we moved).

 

[beauty bits]

Thank you for the ideas. Can't wait to start on the kitchen but now the bathroom is leeking so now the kitchen is on hold for a little while lol x