How to choose a mantel suite for your electric fireplace
A good electric fireplace mantel suite should match the fireplace size, wall width, room scale, power location, installation method and heat-clearance requirements. For many homes and apartments, a...
Gas log fireplace terminology can be confusing because several different trades and decisions meet in one product. A gas fireplace is part heater, part design feature, part gas appliance, part flue...
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...