Gardening could be a hard endeavor to start, especially for beginners. Most people do not understand the intricacies of laying out a proper format for planting their gardens before they start. It can be a fun activity, but is never quite as easy as it seems. Most people beginning gardening to develop a hobby, and end up ruining a perfectly good terrain – there are always rules to be followed, if you want to have an end product that...

Home and hearth have been intertwined concepts for the better part of existence – still are, even though times are constantly changing, and so are the compatibility of both these ideas. A house, as a single residential entity has seen so much evolution when it comes to design bases, styles, elevations, and anatomy. Similar is the case with the concept of hearth – which, first evolved to a fireplace, and then varied in the styles of those fireplaces. As...

A gas fireplace is a simple advent that has been in use for quite a while now. Before electric heaters became all the rage, there was a small heating component that worked on gas – natural, or propane gas burner – and was available in small, non descriptive units that were definitely functional, but not very aesthetically pleasing. But nowadays, even though there are a variety of electric heaters, gas fireplaces are still preferred, as they were a convention...

Fireplaces are usually one of the main focal point of any room, given that they are intricately connected to media walls. As such, they are usually inserted into feature walls alongside televisions, beautiful cabinetry, and other decorative features. However, the function of a fireplace is not only based on aesthetics, but also on pragmatics – t is not an ornamental feature, until and unless you deliberately want it to be one. It has function, and contemporary design likes to...

A smokeless fireplace, as the name suggests, is just that – a fireplace that exhaust a bare minimum of harmful gasses – it comes without a chimney or a venting duct. Now within the heading of a smokeless fireplace, there are other, various sub-headings. It is not just a simple concept – it is an idea. And the genre of smokeless fireplaces comes with its own variety of further sub-genres. The commonality between all these sub genres is that...

A gas fireplace is a typically common fireplace – one that has been used for quite some time now, and is still in use, even after the advent of modern innovative techniques like smokeless fireplaces, and electric heaters. It has a great heat transfer rate, and keeps the room warm and cozy, keeping cold drafts at bay. It is a safe, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly alternative to a wood burning fireplace, and takes little in the form of natural...

Fireplaces have, over the course of centuries, become a home aesthetic  must – each interior decoration style comes with its own cache of specials that give a customized ambiance to the space, and having a fireplace mantel in each room may not only be a necessity anymore, but it certainly makes for a beautiful aesthetic. Treating them with different materials however, is an expensive endeavor, so in this article, we would be discussing several DIY fireplace design ideas to...

A fireplace, one might argue, is what makes a home, home. Just lazing around the lounge, reading a book, and warming your feet beside the fire is an integral part of the home experience. Now, over the course of centuries, there have been quite a few innovations in the field of construction, home aesthetics, and their management – 3D printing entire houses, the application of robotic walls, steel structures, tall buildings – and electric fireplaces. These may be on...

“I wrote about people who liked fake fireplaces in their parlor, who thought a brass horse with a clock embedded in front was wonderful,” says Betty Smith. Since the dawn of time, fire has been essential to human survival – from cooking to staying warm to everything in between, fire has been a major arc in the story of human survival. Even today, in modern homes, we have fireplaces to keep us warm in the winters. Even though it...

An electric fireplace is a step away from convention, while keeping our long ingrained customs in mind. It mimics the concept of a regular gas fireplace that exudes heat, and fumes, and elevates that concept into something newer, and better. An electric heater uses innovation in technology to imitate the basics of fire via a 3D phenomenon that retains all the charm and coziness of an actual fire, while administering a dose of modern in the mix. The technology...

An outdoor fireplace is a fine substitute for a campfire, or an indoors central heating system. Sometimes, you just want to go out in the cold night, relish the bite of cold in the air, and when it gets too much, then sit out in the outdoors, and enjoy a cozy little fire. While outdoor fireplaces have not yet caught on in the domestic trend, they do certainly exude a certain lavish appeal. There are ways to bend that...

The evolution of fireplace design comes with a long list of styles and cultures, materials and vernacular, views and aesthetics, and as with all interior design elements, has its very own compartment in this niche. A fireplace, in this day and age, is a must have in the anatomy of your house – not only for decoration, but also for functional purposes. Most of the times, it is intricately designed with the media wall, but with the changing trends,...

The modern aesthetic is quite different from the traditional conventional one. Where before, there was heavy emphasis on ornamentation, and embellishment, with changing times, the tide of designs also took a turn – and have been static ever since. If any design movement became stagnant for too long, it is common sense that the lively, thriving people would become bored with it. So just like architecture, interior design has been running the gamut of several movement from century to...

Marble is one of those uniquely natural materials that are available in a wide variety of colors in such abundance that they tend to become a cost efficient choice when it comes to making a choice for construction materials. Not only is it elegant, but its shiny sheen lends a classiness to the atmosphere that no other material can attain. But because it comes in so many colors – Black Pearl, Juperana Colombo, Amendo, Lushan Green, Gold Dragon –...

Fireplaces, in their origin, were most likely crafted from stone – cast layer by layer from carefully chosen pieces and held together by mortar, lasting ages and eons through willful exaggeration and the verity of their core product. Maybe that is why when most people think of fireplaces, the most frequently compared aesthetic that comes to mind is that of stone. Stone, in the past was not only a mode of construction, but it was also something that could...