Hot variety
Nowadays, the house is becoming a favorite vacation spot. And to make the apartment cozy and warm in winter, you can install a fireplace. An indispensable attribute of ancient castles and palaces, it has always been and remains an elegant pleasure. Centuries passed, styles and morals changed, but the craving of people for a tamed fire remains unchanged. The hearth brings comfort, coziness and harmony to the home environment. Many people love a fireplace for the atmosphere of coziness it creates, for some it is a detail of an elite interior or an element of prestige. But do not forget that the fireplace can also carry its obvious function - heating the home. This is especially true in our age of energy saving: heating with gas is costly, and today many people switch to solid fuel for heating country houses.
The models of fireplaces offered by the ArtFireplace online store are so diverse that you can find the right one for any room: a living room for greater comfort, a bedroom for a romantic atmosphere, a kitchen for evening gatherings or even a bathroom.
Fireplace models
Depending on the functional purpose, fireplaces are conventionally divided into:
- traditional, workers, in which a real fire burns;
- electric, simulating a real flame.
Working fireplaces, in turn, are divided into:
- open;
- closed.
An open fireplace has a traditional design, using the heat from an open fire to heat the room. The air stream passing through the firebox also ventilates it perfectly, which will avoid dampness and the appearance of a musty smell.
Fireplaces with a closed hearth are very popular today, which have a number of indisputable advantages:
- their efficiency is 75%;
- you can control the combustion process;
- safer to use;
- easy to maintain;
- there are universal models with an additional lifting of the glass upwards, while the fireplace works like an open one;
- they can be equipped with a heating system throughout the house.
Interior solutions
The fireplace in the interior is an unconditional dominant that sets the tone for the design of the entire room. Its main criteria are:
- organic - matching the style of the fireplace to the rest of the decor and furniture;
- ergonomics - the unity of its functional and stylistic components.
The fireplace is able to create coziness and intimate atmosphere for communication. It has long been known to be one of the best ways to restore mood and relieve stress, and contemplation of the play of fire relieves blues and depression better than any fancy medicine.
