Fireplace Design Ideas Can Go A Long Way Toward Beautifying Your Home
Your fireplace can be the centerpiece of the room, gathering the attention of everyone's eyes as they walk into the room. Some fireplace design ideas include using a mantel, beautiful doors, stylish screens, and interesting surrounds.
The mantel of your fireplace is a critical focal point. It may be your primary decoration focal point. The mantel should be one of the first items in your fireplace design ideas. You can use a beautiful natural wood, a painted wood mantel, stones, or even a tiled mantel. Of course your mantel is just the starting point of your design, it needs to blend with your other components.
The next area which blends with your mantel is your fireplace surrounds. Your surround is the frame for your fireplace design ideas. Most times the fireplace surrounds will be built from the same materials as your mantel. Of course, using a contrasting mantel and surrounds can also look fantastic. Depending on your taste, the surrounds can be many different colors. White has been a very popular color for surrounds, but natural woods and stone are also very beautiful. Since we are using our mantel and surrounds to frame our fireplace, it needs to look equally magnificent.
The Center Of your Fireplace Design The center of your fireplace design ideas will be the doors, screens, and accessories. Fireplace doors can be very simple to very elaborate. A simple door can just have glass panes with a metal frame. An elaborate door will have many panes of glass, and metal work, creating a focal design with the doors. The metal work in the door can range from chrome silver, to gold, and even simple flat black. Hiding behind the doors, but quickly coming to the front once the doors are open is the screens. You don't want to have ugly screens, that would just distract from the overall beauty of your fireplace. Fireplace screens are another place you can really show your own style and taste. Screens can be as simple as a wire mesh screen, to screens with designs inlaid into the screen. Screens come in a wide variety of colors, with some screens even being multi-colored. Keep in mind the functional part of your screen choices also. A screens primary function is to contain sparks from exiting your fireplace, while allowing the heat to warm the room. A functional screen can also be beautiful, so explore your options for creating a picture perfect fireplace. Thinking through your fireplace design ideas, will require getting a good mental picture of combining your mantel, surrounds, doors, and screens into a cohesive picture. As we all know, just because one piece looks great individually, it may not mesh well with the other pieces. As you are planning your design, also consider your tools and accessories. You will want to purchase a stand and tools for your fireplace that look great on display. If you have items you will display on the mantel, take them into consideration while choosing your colors and designs. By taking the time to carefully plan your fireplace design ideas into an integrated picture, you'll create a fireplace that equals the beauty of home decorator magazines.
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