Interior designer Susan Diana Harris, Allied ASID, is crazy about color, and she used it to great effect around this fireplace. The brick surround was painted Benjamin Moore’s Douglas Fir to ...

Even if your decor skews minimal, your fireplace will bring plenty of hygge atmosphere. Take this kitchen located in a ...

“Anticlimactic” is the word best describing the white mantel over the boring beige tile of my cookie-cutter fireplace surround. Designers often refer to the fireplace as the focal point of the living ...

You face a few different issues: how to prep brick and tile so paint sticks, which paint to use and how to apply the paint evenly to such textured surfaces. There’s considerable disagreement about ...

The fireplace is a symbol for so many warm feelings and thoughts. It’s the place where we gather to reminisce, share information, make plans. The heat from the flames soothes us and the flickers ...

When I think of a cozy room, the first thing that almost always comes to mind is a fireplace. Whether it's a simple log-burning stove or a more decadent built-in feature, fireplaces make all the ...