If you're lucky enough to have a fireplace in your home, you have an opportunity to create a beautiful focal point for your space. With these modern fireplace ideas, you can easily update your hearth ...

Dear James: It’s a mess carrying firewood indoors, so I want to modernize my old brick fireplace with one that uses gas logs. Are there any tips on how to do this project myself? — Kathy H. Dear Kathy ...

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And as the selections below show, even if you have a fireplace already in situ as part of the fabric of your home, a beautiful grate, new surround or club fender can take it up yet further. Amid its ...

“Rustic Fireplaces” written and photographed by author and gallery owner Ralph Kylloe, is a celebration of fireplaces and hearths that are sometimes the focal point of mountain homes. The fireplaces ...

Lisa is a mom, wife and domestic wannabe born and raised in the Chicago suburbs. Her blog, The Pursuit of Happiness, is her daily reminder that she needs to learn to appreciate the little things in ...

“The fireplace is the center of any home,” says Mary Jeanne Reese, who has turned her passion for fine antique fireplaces into her life’s work. “People sit around it, place furniture around it-why ...

Q: I have a question regarding my old fireplace, built in the 1920s with a brick facade that was added in the 1950s. The brick facade has been painted white and is as ugly as can be. The fireplace ...