Faux Fireplaces for Your Living Room
If your home isn’t set up for a fireplace but you’d still like to get the look, a faux fireplace may be just the thing for you! These facades give your living room a classic, traditional feel, but also allow you to be creative with textures and colours. Give your stockings a place to hang with care and pick a fake fireplace to make your home merry and bright.
Create a mantle frame with a shelf
Since you don’t have to fuss with the mechanics of a working fireplace, you have the freedom to create a simple mantle that frames the area where a fireplace would be. The result is a simple but effective cross between a large picture frame and a fireplace, not too big or intrusive, but elegant enough to give a room character.
Cover the fireplace interior with a pattern or décor items
If you decide to create the full façade of a fireplace, you still won’t be lighting it so take advantage of that empty interior to add some décor pieces. You might like florals in the spring, a tableau of different sized candles for a cozy feel or go more traditional with a pile of fake wood.
Make it an art space for kids
If you’ll be using a mantle frame around your wall, consider painting the ‘interior’ with chalk paint. They’ll be able to play inside without fear of getting messy and you’ll be giving your kids the one place in the home where they can draw on the walls!
Want it to look real?
If you can’t install a real fireplace but want the look of a real one, you can accomplish that with some small steps. Find a fireplace frame with depth and paint the interior dark. Then, find a fireplace screen to cover the front and some stylish andirons to place inside to complete the look.
