Fireplace Ideas & Inspiration

Explore inspiring fireplace ideas that will drastically make your home more efficient & appealing.

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Choosing the Best Firewood to Heat Your Home

Discover the best firewood for your home, along with essential safety and storage tips to keep your home safe and warm during the chilly months.
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How To Buy and Install a Chimney Pot

Use reclaimed clay chimney pots to improve your fireplace draw or enhance your landscape.
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How To Build a Firewood Rack in 5 Easy to Follow Steps

Use our detailed, step by step guide to create a firewood rack and cover that fits your storage needs using a simple 2x4 build.
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Best Electric Fireplaces (2024 Guide)

Whether you want to heat your space or create a cozy atmosphere, an electric fireplace is an affordable and low-maintenance option. In this review, we take a look at the best electric fireplaces on the market.
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DIY Fireplace Makeover: Transform Your Hearth on a Budget

Transform your fireplace on a budget with these a fresh coat of paint, a new mantle, decorative tiles, and other DIY fireplace makeover ideas.
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How To Tile Over a Brick Fireplace: a Step-by-Step Guide

Want to spruce up your fireplace? Tiling over a brick fireplace can give your living area a stylish and modern appearance.
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Uses for Wood Ash at Home and in the Garden

Instead of tossing your wood ash, read these tips for what to do with fireplace ashes in your home and garden.
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How To Choose a Home Fireplace

Explore the whole range of home fireplace options, from gas inserts and log sets to freestanding stoves and zero-clearance fireplaces.
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10 Ways to Warm Up a Nonworking Fireplace

Put this living area focal point to use with these creative ideas for turning a nonworking fireplace into a statement.
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Fireplace Summer Fronts

Summer fronts are popular decorative pieces for old fireplaces. Learn more about them and how to take care of them if you have one.
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Before and After: Fireplace Remodels

Our readers showed dozens of their stately and inviting hearths and mantels. Check out these inspiring fireplace remodels.
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The Best Fireplace Inserts of 2024

Adding a fireplace insert to a living room or other area of your home can help keep you warm, and cut down on expensive heating bills, without the hassle of maintaining a traditional wood fireplace. Here are out top fireplace insert recommendations.
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A Guide to Hearth Tiles: Materials, Cost, and Installation

This detailed guide explores various tile hearth flooring materials, including cost, how to choose the right tile, and basic installation.
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Fireplace Design Ideas

On a cold night, an industrial drum filled with coals is a beautiful fireplace. The trick is to create a fireplace that is art without a flame. Like these, for example.