Hot Styles

These unusual hearths are sure to warm up your design and decorating creativity.

 

Small and Solid A small firebox adds understated dignity in a neo-Craftsman setting. The surround is sandblasted precast concrete, while the hearth itself is limestone. An inlaid marble edge abuts a cast-copper frieze.

 

Southwestern Flair This curvaceous take on Southwestern style is both trendy and timeless. The smooth stucco walls, lighted from above, call attention to the fire without distracting from it.

 

Rock Around River rock, concrete block, and granite combine to form a dramatic hearth, which acts as a partial wall to divide a sitting room from a living room. The traditional shapes and forms still allow for modern furnishings.

 

See-Through Serenity Windows counterpoint a double-sided gas fireplace installed between two rooms, letting daylight and firelight through the walls yet controlling noise between the living spaces. The raised brick hearth provides balance for the white woodwork surround.

 

Clear Statement With sunlight streaming into the living room, a modern surround brings a wall of windows down to earth. At night, moonlight casts its glow on the room while the fire burns bright.

 

New Heights To create stature in a tall great-room, molding extends vertically from the mantelpiece to the ceiling. Custom cabinetry provides storage along the wall.