5 Styles of Fun Faux Fireplaces

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Five very different styles of faux fireplaces (trompe l'oeil, traditional, vintage, modern and rustic southwest) which are all currently only for "show", these prove that even without holding a roaring fire, a hearth is a really nice addition to a room. A central focus point, it (usually) makes decorating easier as you have a definite starting place to build your room around in terms of furniture placement and artwork arrangement...

From left to right:

1)Custom Painting by Ann Wood via the New York Times

2)Ariana's Faux Fireplace in the Bedroom

3)Flickr Finds: Degerkas' Orange Fireplace

4)How To: Create a Faux Fireplace

5)LA Style Faux via RogerRoger

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Room #3 isn't a faux fireplace - It's a real vintage fireplace that simply isn't hooked up...

...and Room #5, with the heavily textured walls and heater in the old (formerly functioning) fireplace, is making my eyes water.

posted by bepsf on February 24th 2009 at 12:03pm
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If you look closely, room#3 is a faux fireplace as he chimnea is not connected to the wall...it not a "functioning" fireplace and could probably only be used with candles at best.

posted by diggin_the_digs on August 7th 2009 at 4:05pm
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