Faux fireplaces feature similar elements to traditional fireplaces, including a mantle for display and an outer border. However, there is one distinct difference between these makeshift ...

With this goal in mind, we turned to the pros for their best advice and top tips on how to fake a fireplace. Meet the Experts Benji Lewis is an interior designer and the founder of Benji Lewis Design.

Fireplaces are indisputably cozy. They evoke fresh snow and hot cocoa, winter weekends spent holed up in rustic cabins, favorite stews simmering on the stove. While installing a real, wood-burning ...

Here’s how to pull off a faux fireplace, according to homeowners who’ve done it. Install an electric insert. The first faux option is to go electric.

Fireplaces are indisputably cozy. They evoke fresh snow and hot cocoa, winter weekends holed up in rustic cabins, favorite stews simmering on the stove. While installing a real, wood-burning one ...

DIY: Faux Fireplace Chalkboard. If your home doesn't have a fireplace but you wish it did, now it can! Blogger Jamie Scott shares some wonderful DIY inspiration for creating your very own faux ...

Fireplaces are indisputably cozy. They evoke fresh snow and hot cocoa, winter weekends holed up in rustic cabins, favorite stews simmering on the stove. While installing a real, wood-burning one ...

Should You Buy a Faux Fireplace? Although they don't produce the heat of a real wood-burning unit, gel-alcohol fireplaces provide a cozy atmosphere and ambiance, all without requiring a flue.

Ahead, 10 electric fireplaces for every design — whether you’d describe your style as sleek and super-modern or rustic French country. Northwest 36-Inch Stainless Electric Fireplace Buy Now ...

When Morgan Spenla in San Diego was done looking at a dark hole in her white brick fireplace – a fireplace that didn’t work – she decided it was time for a do-over.“We turned off the gas ...

John Keprios now has three remote controls at his Minnesota home: one for the TV, another for the VCR -- and then there's the one for the fireplace. Press "auto" and flames burst from his hearth ...

Faux fun: Using paint to transform fireplaces . Originally published February 24, 2007 at 12:00 am. For years, fireplaces blended in too well at Heidi Noun's north Capitol Hill home.