Styling a living room around a freestanding gas log fireplace
The freestanding gas log fireplace goes in, the installer leaves, and the room suddenly looks different. The old sofa position feels wrong. The TV wall is fighting for attention. The rug that used ...
Mounting a TV above your gas or electric fireplace: what works, what does not
You're standing in the lounge, the fireplace selected, the carpenter asking where the TV goes. Both on the same wall, or one wall each? Mount the TV above the fireplace and you save a wall. Get it ...
Designing a chimney breast for a modern fireplace
The floor plan is on the kitchen bench. You've chosen the fireplace, the framing date is locked in, and the carpenter is asking what the wall around the unit should look like. Do you need a traditi...
Built-in fireplaces: what to plan before framing starts
The plan is on the dining table. The architect has drawn a rectangle on the wall where the fireplace will go. Your framing carpenter starts on Monday. You know you want a built-in fireplace. You h...
How to choose the right gas log fireplace for your home
You've decided you want a gas log fireplace. You've spent an hour clicking through collections on a manufacturer's website, maybe walked into a showroom, and the choice is bigger than you expected...
Converting an old fireplace: gas, electric, or remove?
The 1970s open wood fireplace in your lounge has been sealed with a sheet of MDF for the last decade. You light it twice a winter when the kids ask, then spend the next week wondering why the room ...
Gas fireplace vs reverse cycle: which costs less to run?
Winter rolls in. Melbourne mornings are biting, Ballarat afternoons are colder still, and the heating bill is about to start climbing. You’re weighing options. Reverse cycle is everywhere. Gas fire...
