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A fireplace screen provides a decorative means of keeping sparks and ashes from coming out of your fireplace and into your house. As anyone with a wood-burning fireplace knows, flying sparks can singe carpets and leave burn marks on wooden floors. Worst-case scenario, these flying embers ignite something flammable and start a house fire. Protect your house and still enjoy the heat and atmosphere of your fire with a fireplace screen.
Fireplace screens come in a wide variety of styles and finishes to fit both your needs and your home’s décor. Some screens are a single flat panel held up by feet, while others have three panels or four or five panels. Newer designs include doors in order to easily add more wood or stir the coals a bit.
Want to learn more about the different styles of fireplace screens? Read our handy article.
A Halloween fireplace mantel scarf is the fabric drape that covers the top of the mantel. It provides the foundation upon which a Halloween themed mantel is created. The mantel scarf is to a fireplace mantel like a tablecloth is to a dining table: It sets the color scheme and theme. You can find a […]
Make no bones about it, skeletons are the backbone of Halloween decorating. A Halloween skeleton fireplace with simulated human, dog and cat, bat and rat, bird and reptile, or even dragon and unicorn skeletons can send tingles up your spine. In addition to decorating the fireplace, skeletons can sit on chairs or couches and hide […]
Traditionally, knowledge based on teachings and experiences about selecting and burning firewood was passed along verbally. Often such information was put into a rhyming format to make it easier to remember. Thus were born firewood poems and firewood songs to address the question, “Which Firewood Burns Best?” As with most things passed from generation to generation, […]
Have firewood in your life? If you have a wood stove or a wood-burning fireplace, fire pit or fire bowl, you have probably heard some common sayings, sometimes found in rhymes and songs, about firewood. Some call them firewood Old Wives Tales or Old Husband Tales. How can you tell which one is a firewood fact or myth? Which […]
Dress up the hearth with a fireplace screen, as practical as it is beautiful. A fireplace rug is another smart inclusion. It will protect your flooring from random sparks, as well as adding color to the area.