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1 How-To: Decorate Your Fireplace Mantel
summer
2 10 Ways to Bring Summer Style to Your Fireplace
real simple
3 5 Ways to Decorate a Non-Working Fireplace
interior design
4 Open House: How Do You Decorate Your Fireplace Mantel?
roundup
5 10 Chimney-Free Portable Fireplaces
Compost
6 Casa Quickie: Dealing with Ashes
Interior Design News
7 Are You Falling Out of Love With Your Fireplace?
before and after
8 Before and After: A Cape Cod Crib in Connecticut
cleaning
9 How-To: Clean Your Fireplace
fireplace
10 Casa Quickie: Spring-ify Your Firewood
open house
11 Open House: Cluttered or Spare Mantel?
unica home
12 Nice and New: Travelmate Portable Fireplace
Fall
13 Get the Look: Cozy Autumn Fireplaces
Tips
14 5 Tips For Heating Your Fireplace With Wood
Guess Who
16 Guess Whose Living Room This Is?
Poll
17 Do You Have a Corner Fireplace?
Lovely Little Vignettes
18 Lovely Little Vignettes: Seefree's Winter Mantelscape
Since most of us won't be using our fireplaces this Summer, why not take advantage of them and use them for decorating instead of fire-building? From collections of glassware to shells and beachy souvenirs, I've got plenty ideas for giving your fireplace a facelift this Summer. Source Read more
One day, I'd love to own an old Victorian home with historic details like parquet flooring, crown molding, and intricately carved fireplaces in every bedroom. Unfortunately, you can't always get what you want — especially in a rental — so the only alternative is to fake it 'til you make it. I love how Spanish designer Diego Ladino gave Mezzogiorno Restaurant in Madrid an age-old look by Read more
Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member h2urHome from the Su Casa group: This is what my fireplace looked like when I moved into my new house eight months ago. We referred to it as the black hole! I don't think a wall could get any uglier. Honestly we wouldn't even turn the fireplace on this Winter because it would just draw attention to the emptiness! Continue reading to see the final Read more
Anthology magazine's sophomore issue is due out soon and there's a sneak preview live online now to tease us. The feature I'm most excited to read is the tour of the San Diego home of stylist Kelly Lilien of the wildly popular style blog Mrs. Lilien. I absolutely love everything Kelly produces and there's no doubt in my mind that her home is an enchanting place. From just this glimpse into her Read more
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A recent New York Times article proclaims that Americans are ending their love affair with their fireplaces for a variety of reasons. Health concerns — wood smoke contains some of the same particulates as cigarette smoke — and environmental awareness tops the list. One way to enjoy the fireplace's glow while minimizing health and environmental risks is by using a fireplace insert, which Read more
San Francisco interior design firm Niche Interiors recently tackled a fireplace demolition project for a client. Niche Interiors founder Jennifer Jones wanted to add some elegance to this orange and brown eyesore of a fireplace. Want to know how she did it? Keep reading to see how she improved this drab fireplace. Read more
Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member seefree from the Lovely Little Vignettes group! After taking down the Christmas decorations, I was left with a bare naked mantel. I wasn't ready to put away some of my favorite DIY Christmas Projects, so I repurposed them into a wintry mantel! So warm and inviting, but also cold and snowy . . . perfect for the season! I shopped my house for all the Read more
If you're lucky enough to have a fireplace in your home, 'tis the season to get it going! If you have a gas-burning fireplace, you can pick up a set of decorative, realistic-looking gas logs and be done. But if you have a wood-burning fireplace, you'd better make sure your logs are fireplace-ready before you throw a log on the fire. Here's the 411 on heating your fireplace with wood: In Read more
The first time I saw Alice Waters lovingly coddle an egg in her roaring kitchen fireplace, I thought she was crazy. But lo and behold, fireplace cooking is actually making a comeback, as witnessed by cooking equipment retailers, best-selling open-flame cookbooks, and a growing number of restaurants with live fires. I don't doubt the deliciousness of a flame-licked lamb chop or a charred slice of Read more
