A psychedelic fireplace

The psychedelic fireplace is an emblematic figure of the bungalow

It has the following story :

In late 1965, early 1966, the former garage is appended to the whole building. This new room, usually known as the "Music room" is usually recognized from the ouside by its bay windows (below which the graffitti "Mick and Marianne were here" will be painted) and his two round windows on the north wall. Opposite those circular openings was built a new fireplace, previously opposite the wall, in the center of a brick circle. This fireplace is already built the day Henry Grossman was invited to George Harrison birthday on feb 1967.

In mid 1967, with Pattie Harrison fashion connections, dutch painter The Fool were invited to paint the fireplace in psychedelic colours.

During september, George assigned Simon and myself to paint the mural around the fireplace in his living room at Kinfauns. The mural portraits George and Pattie as "music boy" and "flower girl" as they lovingly called each other then, attended by a yogi, surrounded by radiating lights spectrums. We stayed at their place for about a week to complete it (1)

The George Harrison mural at Kinfauns was painted by myself and Simon, without the help of the other members of the Fool. George and Patti gave us free hand and I designed the lay-out in situ. (2)

Happy with the result, with Simon Porthuma technical advice, George Harrison begins the painting of the ouside wall.

Inspired, George was decorating the exterior, and Simon gave him a painting lesson (1)

The psychedelic fireplace and the outdoor painting sessions was photographed for instance by the late Robert Whitaker whose photographs are for instance available in "Living in the material world" book and made the cover of Pattie Boyd's autobiography "Wonderfull tonight".

Partial front view from Bootlegzone.com

Sources :
1 The Summer of love / Marijke Koger Dunham /Youtube : Video available here
2 Marijke Koger Dunham. Additionnal info sent to the author.