Comments on: A Half-Dozen Great Fireplace Designs! http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/ Remodeling ideas, inspiration, and advice Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:37:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 6 Ideas for a Beautiful Fireplace | Calfinder Remodeling Blog http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-10073 6 Ideas for a Beautiful Fireplace | Calfinder Remodeling Blog Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:30:01 +0000 http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-10073 [...] Because of its size and placement, it’s hard not to let the fireplace become the center-stage of a remodel. A fireplace can add charm, creativity and beauty – as long as you do it right. Our friend Tim of RemodelingGuy.net just posted about ideas for doing just that. [...] [...] Because of its size and placement, it’s hard not to let the fireplace become the center-stage of a remodel. A fireplace can add charm, creativity and beauty – as long as you do it right. Our friend Tim of RemodelingGuy.net just posted about ideas for doing just that. [...]

]]> By: Kachelofen – Coming Soon to a Home Near You! http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9949 Kachelofen – Coming Soon to a Home Near You! Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:57:38 +0000 http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9949 [...] a Wasserofen.de , after I went searching for pictures of Kachelofens. Mary commented in the last post about fireplaces mentioning these and I went a lookin’. Way cool! Here’s [...] [...] a Wasserofen.de , after I went searching for pictures of Kachelofens. Mary commented in the last post about fireplaces mentioning these and I went a lookin’. Way cool! Here’s [...]

]]> By: Remodeling Guy http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9948 Remodeling Guy Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:23:50 +0000 http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9948 Mary - I had never heard of a kachelofen until you mentioned it, but I'm really intrigued by them now that I know what they are. Look for more on that! Condo Blues - My inspiration usually starts with pictures. I rarely have a truely original idea! I find one or two I like and then design that into the conditions that I have in front of me in real life. Google Images is great, Houzz.com is great, flickr is good too. Just start with a search for mantel (or mantle... I can never remember which it is!) Abbie- I agree that the other elements of that room really do so much on their own, that the fireplace isn't the "feature" but it works great there. A working fireplace isn't too tough to add! Gas burners can be really simple, relatively speaking! A few more months and you'll forget you wanted one! Mary – I had never heard of a kachelofen until you mentioned it, but I’m really intrigued by them now that I know what they are. Look for more on that!

Condo Blues – My inspiration usually starts with pictures. I rarely have a truely original idea! I find one or two I like and then design that into the conditions that I have in front of me in real life. Google Images is great, Houzz.com is great, flickr is good too. Just start with a search for mantel (or mantle… I can never remember which it is!)

Abbie- I agree that the other elements of that room really do so much on their own, that the fireplace isn’t the “feature” but it works great there. A working fireplace isn’t too tough to add! Gas burners can be really simple, relatively speaking! A few more months and you’ll forget you wanted one!

]]> By: Abbie http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9947 Abbie Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:56:11 +0000 http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9947 The last one is my favorite - yes very inviting! And I like the room that's your favorite, but I don't think the fireplace itself really adds very much. It seems like a dresser/bookshelf/interesting antique could be there just as easily and look very cool. Looking at these pics make me sad that my fireplace isn't a working one. Oh well. The last one is my favorite – yes very inviting! And I like the room that’s your favorite, but I don’t think the fireplace itself really adds very much. It seems like a dresser/bookshelf/interesting antique could be there just as easily and look very cool. Looking at these pics make me sad that my fireplace isn’t a working one. Oh well.

]]> By: Condo Blues http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9945 Condo Blues Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:18:54 +0000 http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9945 How do you determine what style of mantle to use on your fireplace? I have a boring builder basic tan marble around my gas burning fireplace. It needs a mantle and I'm leaning in the mid-century modern direction. However, I'm having an awful time trying to find something in that style. I live in the midwest & everything I see is traditional. I'm ready to build it myself, but I'm at a loss for resources on the design/how/scale. Any ideas? How do you determine what style of mantle to use on your fireplace? I have a boring builder basic tan marble around my gas burning fireplace. It needs a mantle and I’m leaning in the mid-century modern direction. However, I’m having an awful time trying to find something in that style. I live in the midwest & everything I see is traditional. I’m ready to build it myself, but I’m at a loss for resources on the design/how/scale. Any ideas?

]]> By: Pamela http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9918 Pamela Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:39:41 +0000 http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9918 I love all things stone so #1 is lovely. We know a Bible Camp in Northern Minnesota that has gorgeous stone fireplaces built by folks we know. Yup that column is definitely right, I agree. The balance is just perfect to hold upper wall. To tapered it would have look liked it was used to prop the up the wall. Love the style of #5, usually painted bricks will turn me off but this one is done so nicely. I love all things stone so #1 is lovely. We know a Bible Camp in Northern Minnesota that has gorgeous stone fireplaces built by folks we know.
Yup that column is definitely right, I agree. The balance is just perfect to hold upper wall. To tapered it would have look liked it was used to prop the up the wall.
Love the style of #5, usually painted bricks will turn me off but this one is done so nicely.

]]> By: Mary http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9895 Mary Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:52:28 +0000 http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9895 How about some kachelofens? And who in the States can make/install them. How about some kachelofens? And who in the States can make/install them.

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9873 Cheryl Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:06:03 +0000 http://www.remodelingguy.net/2009/12/a-half-dozen-great-fireplace-designs/#comment-9873 I love the very first fireplace you posted. Our first house had a nice stone fireplace like that, but it also had a hearth area you could sit on as well. Ioved it. It is what sold me on the house. I have to agree with you, the one with the column is the best pic there. I love the paint color, the bench and the woodwork. I am a sucker for beautiful trim work. I love the very first fireplace you posted. Our first house had a nice stone fireplace like that, but it also had a hearth area you could sit on as well. Ioved it. It is what sold me on the house.
I have to agree with you, the one with the column is the best pic there. I love the paint color, the bench and the woodwork. I am a sucker for beautiful trim work.

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