Cozy season has arrived, but is your fireplace ready? The materials used for mantels haven't changed drastically over the years—brick, stone, wood, and tile, are still classics—but the style you ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re working on a budget, there are plenty of DIY solutions to give your mantel that special spark. “Any mantel can be ...

I have a large painted brick fireplace that we want to resurface with real river rock or something similar. My husband and I are not interested in veneer or ledge panels. Will the mortar be strong ...

Q: My fireplace has me in a quandary. I'm putting in crown molding and painting. My fireplace is used brick, 8 feet by 5 feet 5 inches deep with a hearth 50 inches wide and 4 inches high. I don't know ...

A fireplace adds instant coziness to a living room, bedroom or patio—whether there's a fire lit or not. With a fireplace comes the opportunity to craft an elegant vignette, one that reflects personal ...