Fireplace & Hearth Designs
Whether it's cozy and understated or large and dramatic, the hearth is the focal point of most timber home great rooms. Here you'll find our best advice for fireplaces and hearth designs, including freestanding fireplaces, fireplace frames and surrounds, materials, mantel decorations and more.
If this is your first season with a fireplace or you just need a refresher, here are some tips to keep things clean, safe and comfortable.
Grilling isn’t the only backyard-cooking game in town. Installing an outdoor oven will kick your al fresco food prep up a notch.
Great rooms and fireplaces are as synonymous as salt and pepper, but the way you play with your hearth’s size, shape and material…
It’s easy to heat up your home’s design with the perfect fireplace. Use this guide to navigate through your options.
A good fireplace is the ultimate marriage of form and function. It offers up a chance to express your style, showcase natural mat…
A reader writes in wondering where to put a chimney to get the most bang for their buck...
The mantel is the perfect place to showcase your style and make a statement.
The mantel is an underestimated fireplace feature that can set the tone in any living space. Here's how to decorate a fireplace m…
It's time to rekindle your romance with an old flame: the wood-burning fireplace.
A natural choice for wood houses, stone fireplaces look right at home in a timber frame.
From rustic wooden mantels to towering stone hearths, today's post-and-beam homeowners have lots of fireplace design options. Che…
Bye-bye brick and stone. Freestanding hearth products are all the rage in log and timber home design.
Log Home Living & Timber Home Living’s 2020 guide to manufacturers specializing in fireplace design, fireplace inserts, wood stov…
These smart fireplace products promise the irresistible warmth and glow of a fire without the fuss — plus some fancy tech features to boot.
Your home's fireplacement is serious business. In this photo gallery we share 9 of the all-time best fireplaces to heat up any timber home.
