1. Accents Around a Fireplace
Some of the tips we’ll give you will be more time consuming and involve construction or more intense design efforts to implement. This first one, though, is easy: accessorize the space around your fireplace –maybe even with items you already have: create symmetry with planters or sculptural objects on the mantle or on either side of your fireplace.
If you’re a fan of a cleaner, more minimalist aesthetic, consider one large-scale work of statement art for above your fireplace. Think about log storage as well: if you want to take your fireplace to the next level, consider built-in log storage.
2. New Fireplace Surrounds
Plaster, cement, tile, stone, and brick– we love the variety and creativity that redesigning the space around a fireplace allows us. As far as construction/home improvement projects go, making over your fireplace surround is one of the easiest things to do to completely transform a space and make a loud design statement.
Putting a little extra attention into revamping your outdoor fireplace is a great way to create an outdoor dining or living room that’s as luxe as an interior space!
3. New Paint
Painting is perhaps the easiest and most cost-effective upgrade in any space, and it’s a great way to revamp a fireplace, making a statement with color! People often shy away from painting a whole room a bold color because that’s a lot of change– painting a fireplace or the area just around it is a great way to begin experimenting with color and implementing a big design choice.
4. Make a Style Statement
Consider an ultra modern OR vintage fireplace to contrast with the surrounding space for a dramatic, highly stylized design statement. EcoSmart Fires, for example, are one of our new favorite fire-features that completely transforms a space. This is a gas fireplace for which you don’t needing a gas line.
They’re great for condos and small spaces, a modern shape as a room’s centerpiece can also work in more traditional spaces as well as deliberate design statement. If you do have a traditional fireplace, but want to give it a modern twist, consider utilizing something other than traditional logs, like chic concrete fire balls.
5. Mix Materials
Mixing materials is a popular design trend right now, that we don’t anticipate going anywhere anytime soon! Contrary to the popular matchy design stylings of the 80s and 90s, mixing materials in the kitchen, baths, and around fireplaces elevate the rooms with an extra designer touch. Use this as an opportunity to play with patterns in the same colors to give your space a monochromatic look or starkly contrast materials AND colors for high drama!
