Cosy Up Your Kitchen With a Fabulous Fireplace
A roaring fire is the perfect way to warm up the hub of your home for friends, family and you to enjoy
You can’t beat gathering around a roaring fire while it’s cold and rainy outside. And it’s not just living rooms that benefit from the warmth and cosiness that glowing flames bring.
As the heart of the home, much time is spent in the kitchen, so why not enjoy a fire in there, too? Be it a period fireplace or an ultra-contemporary bioethanol fitting, check out these ways to incorporate one into your kitchen.
As the heart of the home, much time is spent in the kitchen, so why not enjoy a fire in there, too? Be it a period fireplace or an ultra-contemporary bioethanol fitting, check out these ways to incorporate one into your kitchen.
Make a focal point
Go for a real statement piece to add the wow factor to a room and it will immediately become a gathering spot for family and friends.
In this kitchen, a wood-burning stove is encased in a large column of textured bricks to stand out from the charcoal and white kitchen units, even when the burner isn’t lit. Note the tall, skinny recess for stashing a whole winter’s supply of logs.
Go for a real statement piece to add the wow factor to a room and it will immediately become a gathering spot for family and friends.
In this kitchen, a wood-burning stove is encased in a large column of textured bricks to stand out from the charcoal and white kitchen units, even when the burner isn’t lit. Note the tall, skinny recess for stashing a whole winter’s supply of logs.
Link in with architecture
You can create a great sense of visual harmony by choosing a fireplace that echoes the proportions and architectural backdrop of your kitchen. This long, narrow fireplace mirrors the linear layout and rectangular shape of the kitchen to a T.
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You can create a great sense of visual harmony by choosing a fireplace that echoes the proportions and architectural backdrop of your kitchen. This long, narrow fireplace mirrors the linear layout and rectangular shape of the kitchen to a T.
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Add a room divider
With so many options for fireplaces these days, you can pick out something that’s a real showstopper. The fabulous firepit-style piece in this open-plan scheme acts as a room divider, too.
With so many options for fireplaces these days, you can pick out something that’s a real showstopper. The fabulous firepit-style piece in this open-plan scheme acts as a room divider, too.
Utilise an unused feature
Slotting a contemporary fire box into a pillar or partition wall will help to cosy up two zones of an open-plan kitchen and living room.
This glass cube fits snugly into the architecture without eating into valuable wall space in the kitchen zone.
Slotting a contemporary fire box into a pillar or partition wall will help to cosy up two zones of an open-plan kitchen and living room.
This glass cube fits snugly into the architecture without eating into valuable wall space in the kitchen zone.
Create a cosy seating space
With kitchens being such a popular gathering spot, why not make yours comfortable with some seating for those keeping the chef company? A fireplace can be a great way to make the space feel extra welcoming.
With kitchens being such a popular gathering spot, why not make yours comfortable with some seating for those keeping the chef company? A fireplace can be a great way to make the space feel extra welcoming.
Combine with cupboards
Do something a little different and go for a firepit in the very heart of your kitchen. You can blend it in with your cupboards and worktop for a streamlined effect.
Read expert advice on how to choose the perfect kitchen cupboards
Do something a little different and go for a firepit in the very heart of your kitchen. You can blend it in with your cupboards and worktop for a streamlined effect.
Read expert advice on how to choose the perfect kitchen cupboards
Mix period with contemporary
I’m still such a sucker for the old-meets-new vibe, and a period fireplace in a modern kitchen can be the perfect way to harness it. In this space, an ornate fireplace provides the perfect contrast to the smart greige walls and units.
Check out ways to give your kitchen some Victorian character
I’m still such a sucker for the old-meets-new vibe, and a period fireplace in a modern kitchen can be the perfect way to harness it. In this space, an ornate fireplace provides the perfect contrast to the smart greige walls and units.
Check out ways to give your kitchen some Victorian character
Focus on decorative value
Even if your period fireplace isn’t in good working order, it can still add heaps of style to your kitchen. Go for some vintage patterned tiles for your surround to bring colour and character into a kitchen-diner.
Even if your period fireplace isn’t in good working order, it can still add heaps of style to your kitchen. Go for some vintage patterned tiles for your surround to bring colour and character into a kitchen-diner.
Hang from a ceiling
If you don’t have bags of surplus wall space in your kitchen, suspending a fireplace from the ceiling is a great way to incorporate one. It also creates an interesting aesthetic, but it does take up a fair amount of ‘air’ space, so may not be the best for compact kitchens.
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If you don’t have bags of surplus wall space in your kitchen, suspending a fireplace from the ceiling is a great way to incorporate one. It also creates an interesting aesthetic, but it does take up a fair amount of ‘air’ space, so may not be the best for compact kitchens.
TELL US…
Do you have a fireplace in your kitchen? Tell us about it and share your photos in the Comments below.
A period fireplace is the perfect additional to a country house-style scheme. You don’t need anything fancy to create a cosy, communal hotspot, as this simple white fire surround and log burner shows.
Decorate your hearth with rows of shiny copper pots for a homespun vibe that will have Downton Abbey fans reaching for their aprons in seconds.
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