Interior living room with fireplace

If the fireplaces were previously used in their direct intended purpose - the room was heated, now this subject of the interior carries an aesthetic function, decorates the room, adds to him comfort and heat. Fireplaces are installed in any rooms - in bedrooms, kitchens, but most often the place is selected for it. The living room with a fireplace requires a special approach in the design, as the open fire will not fit into the standard interior of modern housing. Electric fireplace or other modifications of this equipment that offer the modern market - each of them is suitable for a specific type of interior.

Varieties of fireplaces for the living room

Modern fireplaces are represented in a variety of modifications that are straightened from classic forms. There are options for apartment buildings or for private dwellings whose characteristics do not allow to establish a real fireplace. There are even suspended fireplaces that are reminded in shape of a flying plate, but if not distracted by radical structures, the following varieties of fireplaces are distinguished:

• electric devices are optimally suitable for apartment buildings, very diverse in forms and modifications, close to the original. The electrical device is safe, easy to maintain, it will not cause garbage in the house that inevitably occurs when the firewood is in the fireplace with open fire. In addition, such a device not only imitates open fire, but also emits present heat;

• fake fireplaces - the imitation of the real fireplace, fully corresponds to it form and design, but does not involve the breeding of open fire. Such a fireplace is easy to make it with their own hands, firewood is superimposed into the fireplace cavity, which brings it as close as possible to the original. In such a fireplace, it is easy to simulate the flame, installing the mirror on the back wall and putting candles in front of it. It looks like this design is very pretty, while not demanding to the design of the house itself, and also does not require chimney mounting and other attributes;

• the ongoing camina on wood - such structures are installed only in buildings, where there is a fairly spacious room with a strong floor, suitable for installing the structure. Pluses of the fireplace on firewood are indisputable - soothing sound of crackling firewood, heat and soft light. When decorating such a fireplace, it is necessary to pay attention to the decor of the chimney and portal, to provide a place to storing firewood, which is drawn up in such a way as to fit into the composition and not spoil it;

• there are also gased fireplaces - in the interior of the living room look like the same as the wood structure. The only significant difference is the lack of need to provide for a storage space for wood storage, as the fuel comes into the fireplace on gas pipes. In the portal of the gas construction, it is often imitation of firewood, a gas burner provides an open flame, heat and other pleasant confibilities of the fireplace;
• corner fireplaces - the optimal option for the living room of a small area, as a rule, models of angular structures have small sizes, and taking into account their location in the corner, occupy the minimum number of space. Such structures are presented in a classic wood-based version, electronic.

Living room styles with fireplace

Planning the installation of the fireplace in the room, it is necessary to provide and repair this room. If so is not planned, the fireplace is executed in accordance with the general concept of the room. In general, there are no clear design borders of the design, the only existing rules herein concern only fire safety, when installing a fireplace with an open flame. It is necessary to determine only with the overall concept and style of the fireplace, and then the project is created using all fantasy. Photos of living rooms with fireplace will help you choose the best idea. In general, such directions of the design of fireplaces are allocated:

1. Classic style, main features:

• the fireplace does not stand out, modest minimalism;
• the classic indoors is created or in restrained design, or in the style of uncountable luxury;
• the material of the portal is a stone or tree, without stucco and unnecessary elements in this case;
• a large accessories are placed over the fireplace - paintings, mirrors, backlight, lamps, and so on;
• if a luxurious classic is created, elite materials are used in the fireplace finish - real stone, decorative plaster materials, artistic parquet;
• designers recommend installing a fireplace in the classic room only if it does not have obvious stylistic orientations or there are impurities of other styles.

2. Kamine in high classic style:

• a very luxurious direction is allowed - stucco, Venetian plaster, stone carving, semi-column;
• it is desirable to use light tones in the interior;
• the preferred size of the room is from 25 m2;
• especially carefully working on lighting, as it should not just give light, but also emphasize the scale of the room.

3. Country style room:

• such a style focus is optimally suitable for designing a country house or cottage;
• kamin in Style Kanetri will fit into a room with a high ceiling, a decoration of a ladder or untreated stone;
• the fireplace is installed in such a way that its design looks massively and spoke out of the wall;
• are allowed coarse and non-smooth masonry lines of the fireplace stone;
• the fireplace of hunting trophies, products made of natural skins, forged elements, weapons;
• to adapt Country Fireplace to the apartment, its design is made less massive and smaller sizes, designed in this case - artificial stone and a wide wooden beam, which performs the role of the shelf.

4. Room with Fireplace Art Nouveau:

• it is optimally suitable for square-shaped rooms, a fireplace in it accommodate along the wall or in the corner;
• fancy and incorrect design lines, as well as the concept of design, sketches of unusual fireplaces create artists by reservation;
• an ordinary design is allowed, a living room with a fireplace in this case is complemented by stained glass windows that are suitable for this style, and decoration of the fireplace itself is allowed.

5. Hoofer with laconic style:

• in this style, the minimum finish of the fireplace is allowed, the main highlight is the form of construction and material of its manufacture, for example, metal or special glass for fireplaces;
• design with open fire, fit into the room in a minimum style or high-tech.

6. Kamin in Style Baroque:

• the living room in this style is created as a separate fireplace room, therefore the room should not be residential;
• the fireplace is made of fancy shape, cleaning and lush;
• the portal is made up with a mosaic depicting landscapes and animals;
• optimally, in this style, use white marble or imitating its materials.

7. Kamin in Style Bionics:

• as close as possible to nature style;
• in the fireplace architecture, there are no direct corners, lines and static;
• fireplace and the whole design of the room is created as a work of art, thin jewelry, natural tones and materials are allowed.

8. Kamina in the tiles:

• uneven and wrong lines;
• it is allowed to use curvilinear elements made of facing materials;
• from jewelry - carving, mosaic, stained glass, paintings.

Fireplace design tips in the living room

1. Fireplace installation rules in the room:

• the fireplace is not recommended to be placed in the outer walls, since in that case it will not get a house, but the street, it is also impossible to have a design between two windows;
• the most optimal location of the fireplace is its installation at the wall, which is perpendicular to the window;
• furniture is set up so as to create a cozy angle in its light.

2. Room design tips with fireplace:

• locate the sofa and armchairs near the fireplace at a short distance from each other, a corner for mental conversations will be created. Upholstered furniture pose a friend opposite each other, and between them the coffee table. On both sides of the fireplace have a shelf, shelves, bedside tables or lockers;
• if you plan to install in the living room with a fireplace TV, then it is put perpendicular to the wall with a fireplace. It is strictly forbidden to hang a TV above the fireplace, since the high temperature will ruin it;
• to properly decorate the fireplace, all accessories must be selected for the material of its manufacture and colors that are used in the interior;
• above the fireplace to optimally place a large picture or mirror in the frame to take the empty space, the shelves set various decorations - caskets, figurines, vases;
• if the interior of the classic room, then all the lines of the furniture fireplace and other attributes should be even if the interior of the country or high-tech, then all lines should be asymmetric. The same applies to the placement of decorations;
• be sure to post next to the fireplace shelf, bedside tables, etc., so that it was comfortable to spend time next to him.

Several designs of living room with fireplace

1. Traditional room, with an addition in the form of decorations from vegetable elements, applied to ceramics and canvas images of flora and fauna. Be sure to addition of the interior with alive colors. The room is drawn up in bright and cream colors, all attributes openwork and thin, furniture is as close as possible to antique. The fireplace itself is performed in a classic style, from standard materials and classical form.

2. Play with purple and gray color, they are perfectly combined in the interior. The fireplace itself is focused with the help of snow-white and metal steel finish. The wall painted in the bright and unusual color of the wall will be an excellent addition for any room, especially good in this case, fireplaces are found in the interior of the spacious room. Perfectly complement the bright wall of a large mirror in the original frame. The fireplace itself is performed from dark metal, squat and spacious furniture under the color of the walls.

3. Another excellent combination of colors is green, red and white. The predominant is chosen by any of them. All attributes are selected in such a way that the total color gamut is suppressed. The portal of the fireplace is made spacious and open, it is laid out of the brick, which is then not decorated. The outer part with wide straps, stucco, the preferred color is white. Furniture is soft, cozy, necessarily the presence of a set of covered, plaid and other knitted material. It is allowed to design a sofa with a plurality of pillows in the overall range.

4. A small room is optimally issued in the style of chic with a fireplace from marble. The room is drawn up with bright paper wallpaper, which is well harmonized with a smooth surface of marble. The fireplace itself is made small and neat to take a little space. The furniture is high, with the right lines, generally withstands the style of High-tech.

5. Another wonderful combination is a sea wave and a light tree. The color of the sea wave is drawn up walls and additional elements, furniture upholstery. All wooden elements are made of light polished wood. In addition to these colors, it is allowed to use neutral tones that will make the interior of the room simple and calm. The fireplace itself is performed in a classic rectangular shape, a closed, covered portal partition slightly convex. Upholstered furniture are wide and squat, design of living or artificial colors.

6. Another soothing and natural design option is beige, green and yellow tones. Suitable for rooms with high ceilings. The fireplace is performed from stone, dark wood furniture. For registration it is necessary to use natural landscapes, the highlight will be a large cloth with an image of a birch grove.

7. For the style of High-tech, it is necessary to use cast iron as a fireplace manufacturing material, on both sides it is installed racks with many books. Under the sound of crackering, it is very nice to read an interesting book, so the living room is transformed into the library. The interior is performed in monochrome tones - white, black, gray and all intermediate shades. Simple wooden furniture, lamps with large ceiling, clock with large numbers. In the design of the fireplace, patterns of wrought elements are allowed.