Living room interior in modern architectureis acquiring an ever-increasing variety of settings and furnishings. The interior design of such a room can combine several decor styles, a combination of different textures, and furniture from different eras in its walls. For example, living rooms decorated with a fireplace can be found increasingly in homes today.
Modern fireplaces are adapted to urbandwellings, are safe and convenient to use. Of course, having a living room with a fireplace is a frequent privilege of country houses and cottages. But also in the interior of city apartments, even studios, modern renovation trends will stylishly and tastefully integrate a fireplace group. After all, today the types of fireplaces are professionally and technologically adapted for city dwellings, are safe and convenient to use. Electric and bio-fireplaces act as an alternative option, which not only give the quintessence of aesthetics, but also carry the function of additional heating.
Sources of heat in the living room
Installation and decoration of fireplaces involvesthe experience and skill of a specialist and a fairly large scale of the living room. Therefore, repairing a living room with a fireplace requires the presence of a professional stove maker or a master in laying fireplaces. But in addition to this, every master of stove making will say that the main requirement of a living room with a fireplace is a stable and strong floor. This is due to the fact that the hearth is a bulky structure, the portal of which is often finished with stone, marble, granite beams and slabs.
Figure 1.In a living room with high ceilings and an open fireplace, the interior is best maintained in the style of minimalism, hi-tech, avant-garde, new classic, etc. Renovating the entire room where the fireplace will be installed allows you to bring the chimney from the hearth to the desired technical sector of the house through the attic to the roof, so the fireplace is most often placed along the wall, sometimes in its center, if the dimensions of the living room allow it. In a modern interior, three types of fireplaces are distinguished:
- open;
- closed;
- angular.
Open fireplaces are a very decorative featurea large living room. As a rule, they are placed in houses with high ceilings, in the center of the room, like a fireplace with a monolithic portal. The flame is enclosed with glass. In this case, the interior of the living room is best maintained in the style of minimalism, hi-tech, new classic, avant-garde and other modern design projects (Fig. 1). Closed fireplaces are a traditional solution for a fireplace in a living room. They are installed by stove-makers in the center of the wall, maintaining the best traditions of the styles of the peoples of Spain, Normandy, England, France of the 18th-19th centuries. Their portals are treated with limestone, because its porous light structure maintains the strength of the structure for a long time. Such fireplaces do not require repairs for a long time. Except for periodic cleaning of the chimney. Return to the table of contents</a>
Types of finishing and decoration
The following natural and artificial materials are used for facing fireplace mantels:
- brick;
- brick-raw;
- Pebbles;
- granite;
- marble;
- concrete;
- tree;
- drywall;
- fake diamond.
Figure 2.The fireplace decoration with brick on the front part can be combined with inclusions of mosaic, tiles, porcelain on the side walls. The advantages of finishing and decorating portals are that with the help of a variety of textures you can emphasize the grandeur of the fireplace, highlight it with color in a boring interior, decorate decorative elements: all kinds of grates, shelves, moldings and other decorations of the fireplace facade. With the help of brickwork, the fireplace can be raised above the floor, create a stepped base, thanks to concrete finishing, give an imitation of polishing or carving on the portal. Nevertheless, the themes of fireplace decoration also suggest a combination of several finishing textures. The use of brick on the front part of the portal can be combined with inclusions of mosaic, tiles, pieces of painted glass or porcelain on the side walls (Fig. 2). Imitation of a fireplace in the living room can be done with the help of wooden panels. Such a product does not have a direct purpose, but the interior will sparkle with its help in a particularly elegant way. Wooden panels made of red wood species will give the effect of pomp or formality. The option of framing electric fireplaces in apartments with wood is also possible. Return to contents</a>
Corner foci in the interior
Decorating a room with a corner fireplace carries with itthe most successful solution for small apartments. The idea is not new, such heating installations are laid out from exactly the same materials as traditional fireplaces. But they are based on the issue of economy. After all, sources of fire and heat, namely with the installation of a portal on the corner, heat the rooms adjacent to this corner immediately through the wall with their increased efficiency. The key to safe operation of corner fireplaces is the mandatory layer of non-combustible material, which is laid out during installation between the wall and the rear base of the portal.
Figure 3.A corner fireplace significantly saves space in the living room. Installing a fireplace in the corner will finally make repairs and long-awaited redevelopment in a traditionally furnished room. Since the entire interior in this case will already "play" from the installed stove. In a living room with a corner fireplace, it is possible to decorate in a classic English style, French, country, as well as in the Baroque, modern, minimalist, hi-tech style. It is the corner installation of the hearth that will allow you to arrange furniture and decorate the interior exactly as the owners want most (Fig. 3). There are two types: symmetrical and asymmetrical corner fireplaces. Asymmetrical produces zoning of the room with its design, allowing you to harmoniously organize the space in any interior style, or even in several. Symmetrical will allow you to concentrate all the attention on itself as the center of outgoing heat, placing the rest area opposite.
Figure 4.A living room with a fireplace should have good ventilation and air flow. Corner fireplaces can also be closed in design, with accessory shelves, grates and mirrors, with a metal screen, disguised in the wall or with a separate chimney stone. The design of a room with a fireplace follows the trend: the style of the living room should echo the decoration of the fireplace portal! For safety reasons, the rule of one and a half meters is observed: all flammable furniture should be removed from the fireplace at this distance, and the base of the fireplace and the floor next to it should be lined with non-flammable finishing material. It would be appropriate to install a closed portal or the highest grate possible if the floor in front of it is planned to be covered with carpet. You should not install fireplaces in living rooms between windows and doors, so as not to provoke a fire in the curtains from a draft. A living room with a fireplace must have good ventilation and air flow (Fig. 4). Otherwise, the owners themselves can furnish the area around the fireplace, placing armchairs or a sofa, a coffee or side table opposite, floor vases or console tables along the walls. In a country-style living room, it would be appropriate to place a woodpile right next to the fireplace.
