Fireplace and Hearth Decorating After the Holidays

If you’re big on seasonal decorating inside your home, one thing you probably experience every year right after the holidays is a fireplace area that looks unusually bare. All the holly and wreaths and stockings and winter wonderland scenes are gone, and you’re back where you started.

Felgemacher serves Rochester, NY, and Buffalo, NY, with a full menu of chimney and fireplace services, including helping our customers customize the design of their hearth areas.

With a bit of imagination and the right help, you can transform a basic fireplace and its surroundings into something that will be anything but bare when holiday decorations are taken down.

Where to start

Take a good look at your fireplace. Is it the kind of fireplace you really love? Does it add a sense of elegance and stability to your room? If you have an outdated fireplace that hasn’t kept up with your home’s decorative changes, it might be time to consider an upgrade.

A new fireplace will provide stunning good looks year-round and blend well with any holiday decorating theme.

Two popular fireplace options include:

• A beautiful gas or wood fireplace insert that fits into your current masonry fireplace’s firebox.
• A stylish manufactured fireplace that can be placed in most any wall of your home and give you brand-new inspiration for holiday decorating and year-round living.

Fireplace surrounds

Even a “so-so” fireplace will come alive with a handsome fireplace surround. Surrounds can be built at your home or pre-built and ready to set up. They can include granite, stone, brick, wood, and other attractive materials.

You can keep your surround close to the fireplace’s perimeter or extend it across the entire wall. Surrounds are great starting points to set the tone for future room decorating projects.

Fireplace mantels

An old or damaged fireplace mantel can mar the look of the entire hearth area. Something as simple as a mantel upgrade will provide you with the perfect space to place seasonal décor, portraits, kids’ artwork, clocks, antiques, and anything else that adds brightness and personality to your room.

Raised hearth

A custom-built raised hearth in front of your fireplace will make the area look classy and finished. Raised hearths are typically built from various styles of brick, but just about any fire-resistant material will work to give your room a one-of-a-kind appeal.

What can you do with your fireplace this year?

A new fireplace, a fireplace surround, a fireplace mantel, and a raised hearth can all make gorgeous centerpiece visuals for any style or size of room. When choosing the textures, colors, and features you prefer in these components, consider how they’ll complement the various creations your inner holiday decorator will come up with season after season.

Help with your fireplace and chimney

Decorating is important, but so is safety. Felgemacher specializes in chimney and fireplace repairs, rebuilding, restorations, makeovers, and upgrades, all done correctly and with safety as our top priority.

As part of your post-holiday decorating plans, remember to call us in the Rochester, NY, or Buffalo, NY, areas so we can help you keep your chimney and fireplace system running right and looking great.

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