Design of a living room with electric fireplace: modern cosiness

Instead of a thousand antidepressants

Modern hearth can correspond to different styles depending on the preferences of the owners:

• classic or high classics
• Baroque;
• is modern;
• country;
• laconic.

Modern fireplaces are not limited to either the exterior design, the implementation methods, or the types of fuel. This fact allows you to have them all who dream about them, regardless of the conditions.

Traditional wood fireplaces

Classics is not available to everyone, but owners of private houses and cottages can afford to have in the living room a real hearth, crackling, giving warmth and light fragrance. A wood-burning fireplace simply has to be the main accent of the room. An obligatory condition is to call a special set( poker, panicle, forceps, spike, scoop for ash) located in the immediate vicinity of the fire and wood packed in a neat stack.

By equipping the house with a real fireplace it is necessary to take care not only of its appearance, but also of the flue pipe that works without fail.

Gas fireplaces

This option eliminates the difficulty of finding fuel, because it connects to a centralized gas system. Outwardly, it practically does not differ from the classical ones, except for the lack of accessories and wider design space( if wood-burning fires have, basically, traditional design, then gas can look like anything).
The downside is that the sensation of "living" fire is dulled without crackling wood and a subtle smell of smoke.

Electric fireplaces

Become a safe, practical way to fulfill the desire to have a fireplace at home. In apartment buildings where there are no large hoods for a real fireplace, the electric fireplace will be the most affordable option:

• are safe;
• are aesthetic;
• are simple and manageable.

Simulation of living fire in them is so realistic and supplemented with real heat( optional), which is easy to believe, as if you are at a real fire.

False fireplaces

This is rather a simple decorative element than a real hearth, however, it is so simple to execute and varied in variations, which is the most common option in the post-Soviet space.

The falsh-fireplace does not need an air vent, it can hardly protrude into the space of the room, and inside it does not necessarily have to be fire( graphic, candles) or wood. It is convenient to place what warms the soul - photos, souvenirs, memorabilia - or elements that blend with the interior of the living room.

Any material is used to manufacture the falsh.

Location

The fireplace can be located both on an even wall space and in a corner. In the first case, it is important that on the wall equipped with the hearth, there are no doors and, preferably, even windows. Ideally, it is placed on the opposite wall from the door. The corner fireplace should be adjacent to two walls without doors.

The fireplace room or the living room with a fireplace is light only if the fireplace is executed in a light finish - white marble, white plaster. In other cases, the hall is somewhat darkened. In any case, the place in the room should not be oversaturated with light - the fire should be its main source.

Fireplace in the living room with their own hands

Decorative hearth or entourage for an electrical appliance is quite simple to perform with your own hands. For those who want to try their hand and decorate in their house a real dining room or kitchen, a living room with a fireplace - a master class with a photo for making a decorative hearth.

There are many types of design, materials and installation, and each uses what is most suitable for his home. The most common option for erecting buildings in homes and apartments today deserves to be called drywall. It will become the foundation of the structure.
Step-by-step instruction:

1. We make measurements according to the developed project and apply marking to the floor and walls.
2. From metal profiles CD and UD we collect a strong skeleton.

   

3. We supply an electrical power source( if this is not purely a decorative hearth).
4. We cover the structure with gypsum board( for heaters choose thermostable).

   

   

5. On top of the mantelpiece.

   

6. Install and connect an artificial electrical component.

   

   

7. We implement the finish.

   

   

At the last stage it is allowed to show imagination. A reliable and practical way of finishing will be decorative bricks( as in the photo), natural or artificial stone, tiles. With electric fireplaces it is better not to experiment - some materials on heating not only deteriorate, but also release harmful substances. However, for decorative tools, there are many options to make them not just a part of the interior, but its heart. For example, for an artificial fireplace suitable for wood, leather or any other option.