There’s nothing as warm and welcoming as a crackling fire in an open fireplace. The dancing flames can lift your spirits and melt away the most stressful day in a matter of minutes. But to truly be ...

Imagine this scenario: You've just bought a new home and are excited about the fireplace in your new living room, but it's ...

Q: I am moving into a condo with a brick fireplace. The solid wood mantel is supported by three bricks that extend out. Can the extended bricks be leveled off to allow for removal of the mantel? If so ...

With cool fall temperatures already here and winter around the corner, it's that time of year when curling up by the fire with your favorite comfort show or movie becomes the ultimate Friday-night ...

Or it won’t be, once you follow this advice. By Tim McKeough “The fireplace must be the focus of every rational scheme of arrangement,” Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman Jr. wrote in their 1897 design ...