1. Centre Stage
Photograph: Courtesy of Hotel Arts Barcelona
This fireplace uses a column to conceal its flue, enabling it to heat a very large room from a central point. The device divides the space without obstructing it. Luxurious marble contrasted with simple facebrick creates an interesting aesthetic, making the fireplace an attractive focal point.
How to get the look Try the Dark Emperador marble from WOMAG for tiles in an almost identical colourway and consult Italtile for similar brick tiles. Browse Morso Fireplaces, available through Premier Fires, for this look.
2. Turning a Corner
Photograph: Courtesy the Cambrian Hotel
Maximise access to the fireside with a corner fireplace built into a column. Heat is distributed more evenly around the room and an interesting aesthetic is created.
Best for Big open-plan rooms and loft apartments with lots of space.
3. Step it Up
Photograph: Eric Piasecki
A bathroom fireplace is the ultimate in luxury. Play this up further by choosing a glamorous finish, such as a reflective metal cladding.
Where to get it For a similar look try the Douglas Jones collection of brushed metal and 3D tiles, available from Mazista tiles.
4. Hover Craft
Photograph: Courtesy of Beauty Fires
Create an elegant design statement in your living area with a central fireplace that exposes the fire, making it visible and accessible from all positions in the room. Choose one with a futuristic silhouette, such as the ‘MezzoFocus’ from Beauty Fires, for slick contemporary appeal.
Where to get it For an alternative selection, browse Calore’s Panoramic Collection for a range of options.
5. Modernist Art
Photograph: Claire Israel
This 1950s-style fireplace uses curves at every opportunity to create a dynamic and feminine shape, balanced out by the rough texture of sand-coloured cladding.
How to get the look
Apply Sandstone Cladding ‘Interlock Riven’ in a vertical formation, available from Natural Stone Warehouse, for a similar impression.
6. Custom Cladding
Photograph: Claire Israel
Transform your fireplace into a dramatic visual statement by cladding it in a geometric pattern of panels.
To get the look Try combining a variety of Cemcrete’s pigmented wallcoverings applied in different sizes for a similar look.
7. Integral Element
Photograph: Frank Oudeman
While this fireplace stands out as a main feature in this interior, it has been designed to integrate into the surrounding cabinetry. Made from precast pigmented concrete, this customised mantel and hearth hide a pre-existing metal fire box.
What else to consider Try including a built-in glass-screen fireplace to prevent smoke from escaping. Consult Calore Fireplaces for a similar solution.
8. Flueless Fireplace
Photograph: Barry Goldman
In this interior by Nico van der Meulen Architects, a vent-free stainless-steel fireplace unit is set into a tiled travertine ledge, which is ventilated from the bottom. Flueless fireplaces allow for versatility, unconstrained by the need for a chimney, fireplace surround or mantelpiece, making them an ideal heating option for contemporary interior spaces.
Where to get it Find similar products at Finest Fires or Beauty Fires.
9. The Grand Scheme
Photograph:Courtesy of Vanderbilt Grace Luxury Hotel
An oversized traditional fireplace surround with careful detailing and gold inlay is an ideal way to create an elaborate focal point in a spacious living room.
Where to get it Recreate this look in marble with a surround from Cape Marble Interiors or Morceau de Mantel, or for plain stone contact Antiques & Heritage of Europe.
10. Standing Alone
Photograph: Courtesy of Beauty Fires
The Cocoon Terra in stainless steel by Beauty Fires is an eco-friendly bio-ethanol solution for heating a small space. This freestanding unit is conveniently mobile and is suitable for both interior or exterior use.
Other options The Cocoon design is also available in black, and as a unit suspended from the ceiling.
