Living room with fireplace: types and recommendations for choice

A living room with a fireplace always looks advantageous in the interior of a house or apartment, emphasizing the impeccable taste of the owners. This element can become a central accent in the decoration or emphasize the general stylistic orientation. Live fire and its electrical imitation, fake fireplace and biofireplace - there are many options for realizing the chosen idea in a room of any size. The elegant interior of the fireplace room in a modern or classic style looks very respectable.

What should be the design of a small room with a bio-fireplace or a false fireplace, how to create an imitation of a fireplace in the Provence style and other options without a chimney and a classic firebox - All these subtleties of creating a fireplace zone in ordinary urban and suburban housing should be studied in advance. The design sector offers opportunities to realize the dream of a fireplace, even where open fire is strictly prohibited. It is only necessary to make the right choice and choose a harmonious environment to the hearth in the space of the hall.

A living room with a fireplace is a rather difficult idea to implement, requiring careful preparation and calculations. Everything is important here:

• hall area;
• room configuration;
• choice of finishes;
• arrangement of furniture.

The fireplace room is always created on the basis of a design project necessary for the accurate planning of all the details of the future situation. Work begins from determining the location of the fireplace in an apartment or house - it should harmoniously fit into the general layout of the room.

It is not recommended to place a fireplace in the aisle - It will constantly overlap when moving around the room. It is also undesirable to place it near doors and windows. The practical part of using a fireplace matters. The highest heat dissipation is possessed by classic wood-burning models, as well as simulations that use electricity to heat. But modern biofireplaces as heating devices are practically useless - the heat generated by their flame will be clearly not enough to heat the room.

The fireplace portal is a convenient solution if you need to provide the best conditions for placing a fireplace in the interior. This specially equipped niche in the classic version connects to the chimney. But if a false fireplace is created, the portal plays the role of a frame and can become part of the general storage system or stand for fresh flowers.

If until recently the concept of a fireplace assumed exclusively wood species, today this assortment is much wider. Their main differences are in stylistic diversity, the type of fuel or energy used, the intensity of heat radiation and the method of placement. The only element here is the portal - the facade part, which is created from refractory material and acts as a frame.

At the location, all types of fireplaces are divided into several options.

• Corner The best option, combined with almost any interior solution. Such a fireplace is easy to fit into the living room in small-sized housing, without losing the useful area. Around it is easy to arrange a couch with two armchairs or a sofa.

• Embedded. The chimney of such fireplaces lies inside the wall, is laid at the stage of building construction. Today, biofireplaces placed in a portal built in the wall or in a drywall partition are popular; they are often combined with aquariums. The design takes up little space, organically fits into a modern setting. The portal of the built-in fireplace should be spectacular and catchy.

• Wall. Most popular among all. They take up a lot of space, because they protrude from the wall, can be freestanding (relevant for electric fireplaces). The framing for the portal wall placed in a niche is made quite textured: from brick, wild stone, decorative tiles.

• Island. They are located in the center of the room, replacing a coffee or coffee table, or decorate the relaxation area. Most often, biofireplaces are placed in this way, but there are also electric models that have a decorative design in the area of ​​the back wall. Such an imitation looks quite attractive and does not require the creation of a chimney.

There is a division of fireplaces into different types by type of fuel. In this case, we can distinguish:

• wood burning - natural wood is used for burning fire;

• electricimitating fire with the help of decorative screens and lamps;

• gasin which the flame is maintained by burning fuel in burners;

• bio fireplaces - here ethanol acts as a burning fuel.

Another division - by the method of heat radiation. It can be one-sided - it has all the foci with a front panel, built-in and wall-mounted. Bilateral look interesting and unusual, effectively complement modern interior solutions. The most rare variants are tripartite, but their function is mainly decorative - it is rather a pseudo-fireplace than a real hearth.

What the fireplace is made of in the interior of a house or apartment, entirely depends on its type. If we are talking about the classic wood version, it is equipped with a firebox laid out of refractory material - ceramic blocks, bricks or a steel, cast-iron structure is installed in the wall.

Fireplaces with a screen made of refractory glass through which fire is clearly visible are considered safer.

Gas fireplaces it’s not necessary to embed it in the portal; their portable versions are found. Such designs are made of steel or cast iron, faced with ceramic tiles.

Electric fireplaces They are made in the form of separate blocks, like electric heaters, but with a decorative screen, which shows a burning fire. There are various options for simulating smoldering coals or dancing flames. They provide opportunities to reliably recreate the desired effect of a burning fire. When embedded in a niche, they are framed with stainless steel stripes or decorated with stone tiles.

Biofireplaces are always made of glass, and in their design are similar to an aquarium with wicks and a fuel tank built into the bottom.

The color scheme of the fireplace in the interior of an apartment or house is of great importance for the correct perception of this unusual detail of the atmosphere. There is a rule: the decoration of the hearth should be expressive, but not discord with the overall design of the space. If the living room is white or decorated in bright colors, the fireplace can repeat its shade - for example, using milk glossy tiles. You can play in contrasts, but not in color, but in texture.

The light metal facade of the fireplace portal is a stylish addition to the high-tech living room. It goes well with a characteristic monochrome finish, looks noble and stylish. Bright colors are also easy to find. The olive-green portal can be entered into the atmosphere of a lilac or pink living room. Beige walls will become a spectacular frame for the gray hearth.

In a spacious room, you can apply more contrasting designer finds, emphasized by complex color combinations. It is necessary to avoid pure tones - blue, red, yellow, green - they will simplify, reduce the cost of the interior. But the noble shades of burgundy or emerald, malachite and Dijon mustard, denim, sea wave will look more respectable.

The living room in dark colors is best complemented by a lighter fireplace in a classic style. Here, the use of glazed tiles with a traditional blue pattern on a white background, patchwork or natural marble finishes looks spectacular. The copper portal will decorate the room in graphite gray. A white hearth made of plaster can be added to the burgundy walls or khaki.

The stylistic variety in design is also quite important in choosing a fireplace for the living room. When deciding to decorate the interior in a certain manner, the hearth also needs to be selected in pairs. Among the popular options are the following.

• Modern style. To harmoniously fit the fireplace into such an interior, you will need to use concise, simple materials with a smooth texture. Both wood and electric fireplaces are equipped with tiled monochrome cladding. Double-sided biofireplaces go well with the contemporary style.

• English style. The fireplace here is a mandatory component of comfort and a source of heat in the living room. The English-style hearth should only be natural, faced with white or pink bricks, with a cabinet for firewood below and a carved wooden shelf on top.

• Provence. A romantic fireplace in a lining of pink or cream stone harmoniously fits into the style of such an interior. In the decoration of the living room in the spirit of French Provence, the cladding of flagstone or natural carved wood will be appropriate.

• Classic style. For this decor option, as well as for baroque and neoclassic decoration elements are typical in the form of stucco moldings, stone columns, cladding in white or colored marble. A smooth gypsum facade or imitation of brick, masonry from wild limestone also looks very respectable.

• Chalet. The comfort of a Swiss house in the mountains is most often formed precisely due to the classic wood hearth, which additionally provides heat to the spacious living room, often combined with a dining room and kitchen. Natural stone in the lining of such a fireplace will be most appropriate. Give preference to beige and gray colors.

• Scandinavian. Here, the fireplace is not a mandatory, but a favorite element of interior decoration. Scandinavian comfort is achieved with a light tiled or stone cladding of the portal. If the living room is spacious enough and decorated in the traditional taupe color, beige and gray colors are also used in the decoration of the hearth.

• High tech. This ultra-modern style allows the use of fire as an element of decor. Here, the main materials used are metals - steel or copper, glass with white or black moldings. Natural wood fire chambers are most often mounted inside the portal in the wall, in a hidden form, on the outside there is a white glossy cladding or tiles, or tinted glass.

• Country. In this style, the fireplace looks spectacularly framed by brick or masonry. But if you want to make a more rustic interior, you can use the original ceramic tiles. Metal fireplace portals with copper details in decoration or a spectacular carved shelf made of solid wood will be appropriate in the country style.

When choosing a fireplace in the living room for a room in a country house, it is better to lay a chimney and a place for the furnace in advance in the project. For a small room in an apartment, it is better to plan the presence of an artificial hearth or a false portal at the stage of preparation for repair. Adapting such an element to an already finished environment is quite difficult.

It is important to remember that the hearth is the central element of the room.

It is better to install a gas fireplace in the living room if it is combined with the kitchen and dining room. The wiring of gas supply pipes in the apartment is very limited, and you will have to get a special permit to use such a device. The best options for fireplaces for an apartment are electric or ethanol powered.

Biofireplaces produce almost no heat, but can still heat surfaces around them. Such options are usually mounted in specially created plasterboard partitions, false walls.Finished bio-fireplaces are often built into small coffee tables or offer models in a tabletop version - they can be installed on the wall console or placed in a wall niche.

The island fireplace in the living room is an interesting design decision, which is especially in harmony with the design of the hall connected to the hall. It can be installed at the stairs, placed in the passage room outside the aisles.

Spectacular pendant fireplaces are traditional for modern Scandinavian interiors. Such models are made of metal.

If it is planned to not only admire the fireplace in the house or apartment, but also to heat the room, it is worth choosing a model with electric heating or a wood firebox from the very beginning. They emit enough heat during operation. Electric fireplaces for domestic use have a power of up to 2 kW and are able to heat the room without additional heat sources.

To properly place a fireplace in the interior of a house or apartment, it is necessary to take into account the particular layout of the room. In the center of the room, biofireplaces are usually installed, you can complement them with a variety of lighting effects. The hearth built into the wall is best placed in the middle or placed opposite the entrance. It can be made more vivid and contrasting, framed by a molding.

In the spacious hall, the fireplace is distinguished using other design techniques. If the main design of the room is concise, around the portal on the wall are a variety of shelves with trinkets, family photographs within. You can also act on the contrary, creating a minimalistic mantelpiece of the living room and filling the rest of the area with bright details.

In the hall with a clear division into zones, corner fireplaces look good. The hearth can be electric or wood, in other parts of the room the emphasis is on the bar, TV or home theater, aquarium. Each of the zones should be fairly balanced, not prevail over the others.

An electric fireplace or biofireplace can be built into the partition between rooms or a specially designed column. Another option is to combine this element with a bar counter. If there is a bay window in the interior, the fireplace is mounted to the left or right of it. In the living-hallway, the fireplace room can be equipped in the space under the stairs, complementing it with an interesting tiled floor and making the portal's original lining.

• Stylish island fireplace in the lounge-lounge. It harmoniously blends into the modern interior, has beautiful lines. Glass screens from 4 sides look very impressive in combination with panoramic glazing of the room. The color scheme of the interior is built on the contrast of white and black.

• A stylish country-style fireplace room. The cladding of wild stone with an uneven edge emphasizes the comfort of the hearth. The firebox with live fire is closed with a special glass screen. The fireplace is effectively framed by a wall covering made of natural wood, wall shelves and lamps on stands.

• The bio fireplace in the living room interior can also look quite harmonious. A firebox with live fire looks very impressive and at the same time harmoniously combines with the atmosphere of a city apartment. A restrained, noble design decision is closed on the hearth and frames it correctly.

The design of the living room with fireplace in the country house is shown below.