Fireplace Accessories For Every Season

To help you enjoy your fireplace in the summer, winter, spring, and fall, there are unique and attractive fireplace accessories that will give you the distinctive atmosphere of each season. Whether yours is an electric fireplace, gas, or wood burning fireplace, you can make it feel cool rather than warm with a summery colored backdrop featuring a fan to add a breeze to the environment. It need not be a cast iron fireback like those used in Europe to protect the actual fireplace brick and distribute heat.

In summer, all you need is a colorful framed or unframed picture or print and a fan with perhaps a floral design. Using a metal or glass screen (even mirrors) on the back can add light and texture to the diorama you produce in the center. Candelabras and Candle Holders can be decorated to fit with any season and give the area a romantic glow whether they are lit or not!

The usual warm weather fireplace accessories that you use in winter such as mesh curtains, hearth rugs, trivets, hot plates, humidifiers, hot pots, andirons, bellows, fans, fenders, unique grates, safety screens, match holders, popcorn poppers, and metal or pottery accessories can be lightened with color and electric illumination from twinkle or patio lights to create  a fresh impression to suit the warmer seasons.

Fireplace doors are not only a functional and safe addition, but can also change the mood of the room. Sealed doors save energy and contain odors. These masonry or metal firebox enclosures feature easy care metal finishes and tempered glass. Bi fold, cabinet doors, mesh, louvered glass, or corner doors offer your choice for convenient access to the firebox.

Fireplace tools such as a poker, tongs, broom, shovel, or brush are often set on the hearth in a metal stand handy maintenance of the fire. They vary from the simple $10.00 four piece set to themed sets on pewter statuary or elaborate brass or copper golf themed sets that can be very costly. Some sets are incorporated into the design of a wood box. Appropriate tools are a necessary addition to your fireplace accessories.

Fireplace mantels can present the minimalist style in simple metal.  Ornately carved exotic wood is an impressive addition in formal, classical or eclectic styles. The country-look of logs or woods with character features such as spalls, knots, worm holes, blue stain, or grain lines is timeless. Marble, granite, and other specialty cut stone makes an impressive mantel as well. Whether pre-made or custom made, a mantel can make or break the fireplace.