Warm Up With These Inspiring Fireplace Design Ideas

A good fireplace is the ultimate marriage of form and function. It offers up a chance to express your style, showcase natural materials, and most importantly, warm up your space. Peruse some of our favorite timber home fireplaces here:

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Cozy Cottage Charm

The sturdy, natural-colored beams coupled with the moss-stone fireplace (a rescue from the original structure) contribute to “a sense of muscular architecture,” says Peter Boes, project architect with TKP Architects.

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Kick Back and Relax

The owners of this serene Washington home longed for a retreat from the busyness of everyday life. Simple decor and natural materials make for the perfect mountain cottage experience. This fireplace is the kind you spend the whole weekend next to while curled up reading.

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The Center of Attention

This unique, octagonal home was essentially designed around its fireplace. And for good reason! The show-stopper warms the truly open floor plan and adds serious visual interest.

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Heating Up the Kitchen

One of the many standout features in this Idaho home is the two-sided stone fireplace that separates the kitchen and the great room. Guests can warm up by the fire while keeping the cook company.

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Wide Open Spaces

This eye-catching great room invites guests to cozy up by the fire while taking in the stunning landscape just outside the the floor-to-ceiling windows.

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Grounded in Granite

Two towering granite hearths flank the main living area of this California home, anchoring the space and furthering the rustic-lodge vibe. “This was a home to be enjoyed, so our goal was to keep things classic and cozy but also durable,” explains designer Sarah Jones. “It’s our updated take on a timber lodge.”

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Modern-Rustic Style

In this renovated New York barn, a modern kitchen at one end of the building gives way to an open sitting area with a fireplace and access to the deck, and the views, beyond.

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Form + Function

In this modern Montana home, the masonry fireplace is a structural component. Aesthetically, it anchors the living room, extending downward through home the theater.

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Take the Fire Outside

We adore this salvaged barn home in Montana for many reasons, but a major one is the fact that the indoor and outdoor wood-burning fireplaces are made of locally-sourced stones from a hot springs area. The screened-in porch with its own fireplace is a favorite spot and provides a cozy space to enjoy being outdoors from spring through late autumn.

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Gather Round the Fire

This New York timber frame retreat boasts not one but two living areas, one for the main level as well as the lower level. The main level boasts a cozy stone fireplace as well as french doors to the covered porch.

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