In amongst preparing for birthday celebrations and sorting out stuff for a brief encounter with the Canaries next week I decided to try a makeover for our fireplace surround in our living room. We live in rented property so decorating and changing major features isn't always simple or feasible - anything done has to be able to be taken back to how it was before I got my grubby mits on it!! The fire surround is a dominant feature in the room. I think its probably original to the house being built in 1924, its very typical of the style seen everywhere beige and brown marbled tiles quite uninspiring but in our case the actual surround is a lovely rounded shape - very pleasing to the eye and it makes up for its unprepossessing colours. Taking some inspiration from a blog I am following, Jigglemawiggle (really worth a look for recycling home ideas) - using some old OH acetates and photoshop, I sourced some en-caustic tile designs from the internet and scaled them to the right size ...