Fireplace Ideas & Inspiration

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

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Chimney Toppers

Use reclaimed clay chimney pots to improve your fireplace draw or enhance your landscape.
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How to Build a Small Firewood Rack

Create a firewood rack that fits your storage needs using simple 2x4 construction. This pressure-treated rack will last for years outside. And paired with a cover, it will keep your firewood dry and ready to use in fireplaces, pizza ovens, or firepits.
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The Best Firewood to Heat Your Home

Learn why one wood is better than another, the differences between hardwood and softwood, and safety tips for your wood-burning appliance.
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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

Refresh a brick fireplace with a crisp white coat of paint.
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How to Tile Over a Brick Fireplace

Can you tile over a brick fireplace? Use a trowel thinset over the brick and then tile over it.
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8 Uses for Wood Ash at Home and in the Garden

Don’t throw away your wood ash from your fireplace—read these tips for how to put it to good use in your home and garden.
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How to Choose a Home Fireplace

Ask This Old House host Kevin OConnor and expert Alan Davis walk through the best options for home 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
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What's Their Story? Fireplace Summer Fronts

Cover up ashes and more with these practical beauts
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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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Tiles for the Hearth

Masonry products ideal for fireplace decoration
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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.