The Modern Fireplace Provides Both Warmth And Beautiful Ambience

The perfect finishing touch to any home is an inviting modern fireplace. If your home does not have a fireplace built into it there are many options available from Home Furniture and Patio for adding one. A fireplace not only provides another heat source in your home but adds a great deal of charm and ambiance. The glow from its flames is soothing and beautiful.

Fireplaces are common additions to homes of all types today. This is due to the variety of easy-to install and environmentally friendly fireplaces that have been developed in recent years. Whether you choose to install a traditional wood burning fireplace or select one that runs on electricity, natural or propane gas, or biofuel there are many models available.

You do not have to give up the décor style of the room to install an electric fireplace. A modern electric fireplace can be built-in to an existing wall. With no need for a flue one may be placed against any suitable wall space. Electric models are available in cabinets with decorative fronts, within some entertainment centers, with mantle packages, with a faux slate or marble surround that includes a kickout base, and in media centers with glass doors that remain cool to the touch. In designs from antique wood to sleek black steel frames, it is easy to match your décor style when installing the fireplace. Many come with crackling log sounds, backlighting, high efficiency LED lights and flames, blowers, a full feature remote control, thermostats and timers.

Warm up a room with a direct vent or vent-free modern gas fireplace that doesn’t need a flue. Modern fireplace inserts of gas logs are available to install in an existing traditional fireplace. Gas fireplaces are also offered in direct vent slim fit styles and traditional-look or sleek black modern fireplace surrounds. Burning either natural or LP gas, the units have remote controls. There is even a dual-sided gas fireplace option with a view-through design and dual safety screens.

Perhaps the easiest fireplace of all to install is a beautiful biofuel unit. They are fueled with biofuels (such as bioethanol) that require no ventilation systems. These fireplaces can burn without emitting carbon monoxide, smoke or harmful gases. This assures better air quality in your home. Simple biofuel fireplaces look beautiful when placed on tabletops. These are the cutting edge of home fireplace units.

In homes with wood-burning fireplaces it is important to provide fire screen safety without disguising the beauty of your fireplace. It is easy to keep your home safe while still providing an attractive décor touch because makers of the modern fireplace screen knows its design has a key role in the decorative ambiance of your fireplace. In addition, fireplace tools, grates, and andirons provide utility as well as beauty as accessories.

Travertine fascia plus flagstone boxes and mantels are available for those home owners who want a modern stone fireplace. Outdoor fireplaces for your patio or garden area are fashioned of glass-fiber reinforced with concrete and other synthetic stones for the elegant look of stone without its weight. Modern fireplace mantels for these energy-efficient fireplaces may be sleek in design or highly detailed for a rich, elegant appearance. These packages are based on the most popular furniture designs so they will integrate beautifully with your existing home décor.