1. The front room, easy peasy, managed to buy a complete Edwardian fireplace with lovely original green tiles for £130. It came from a house renovation in Bethnal Green, I'm trying to put them in while someone else is still taking them out.
A bit rusty in parts but nothing that couldn't easily be sorted out.
2. The surround. Bid for a 'marble' surround but lost out. Was then contacted by the seller who had discovered it was really slate and the buyer had pulled out. Went to view it in Croydon and as it was a bit dirty and pitted in places eventually paid £20 for it. It came from the renovation of an Edwardian mansion block in Reading and was certainly the bargain of the day.
3. The dining room. Another ebay success, £150 complete for a fireplace and black slate surround. Unfortunately the original tiles were too fire damaged to keep despite every effort to clean them so bought a replacement set on ebay again for £25.
4. Hearth tiles. Bought a box of mixed Victorian floor tiles from Stoke on Trent for £35, would decide exactly what to do with them later!
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