Cozy season has arrived, but is your fireplace ready? The materials used for mantels haven't changed drastically over the years—brick, stone, wood, and tile, are still classics—but the style you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’re working on a budget, there are plenty of DIY solutions to give your mantel that special spark. “Any mantel can be ...

There's just something about fireplaces that adds a touch of cozy to a home. Maybe it's the crackle of the fire in the winter or decorating the mantelpiece with fresh flowers in the spring, but ...

I have a large painted brick fireplace that we want to resurface with real river rock or something similar. My husband and I are not interested in veneer or ledge panels. Will the mortar be strong ...

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Q: My fireplace has me in a quandary. I'm putting in crown molding and painting. My fireplace is used brick, 8 feet by 5 feet 5 inches deep with a hearth 50 inches wide and 4 inches high. I don't know ...

When Homestyle reader Liz Cezat from Canton described a fireplace she wanted to update, her thoughts were to strip the brick and change it to a long horizontal contemporary fireplace/hearth or retain ...