Spice Up Your Fireplace for Fall with These Creative Ideas
Fall, with all its benefits – such as pumpkin spice and brilliant leaves – has come around again. This year, why not decorate your hearth and make it part of the season? Many people find inspiration in the crisp air and the sights and sounds of autumn, no more so than when it comes to their fireplace. A fireplace or fireplace insert, complete with its mantle crackling flames, makes an optimum place to decorate for fall. So, spice up your fireplace for fall with these creative ideas.
Adorn Your Fireplace with Fall’s Splendor
Use natural elements, such as orange or red leaves, yellow gourds, pinecones, and even pumpkins, to create great accessories for your mantle. Using branches is a great way to get creative, perhaps hanging Halloween decorations from them. Place your furniture around the fireplace so your family and guests can feel its warmth and focus on the fall arrangement you have created. Be sure not to place any fall items in front of your fireplace or set your furniture close enough that a scorching ember could shoot out of the hearth and set it on fire.
Similarly, when decorating your mantle, restrict what and the amount you place on it. Why? Too many items on your mantle could wind up in the fire and become a hazard. Having a fire extinguisher handy is a good idea in the fall and year-round.
Candles Make Great Additions to Your Hearth for Fall
There are a plethora of styles and types of candles available to place on your fireplace. Place them in arrangements of different shapes and sizes to create a conversation piece. You could place pillar candles on stands next to the fireplace to give it a regal feel. You could also use scented candles that bring fall to life with scents such as pumpkin spice and falling leaves, which add an extra dimension to your fall decorating.
Bring Harvest to Your Hearth
Many arts and crafts retailers offer a variety of items that bring fall to life. Pumpkin colored fabrics, signs welcoming harvest, and much more make you feel like you are on a country farm in the heart of autumn. There are as many ways to decorate your hearth as your imagination can conceive of.
Safety First in Fall or Any Season
Ensure that your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors have new batteries in case a fire starts outside your fireplace or toxic fumes enter your home. Your loved ones and pets’ well-being should always take priority when lighting a fire.
Prep Your Chimney Ready for Fall
The arrival of fall should also remind you to have your fireplace serviced before winter weather descends upon us. Having your chimney inspected and swept means that your fireplace will work when you need it the most, and there won’t be any unpleasant surprises, such as a damper that won’t shut or a blockage that forces smoke and toxic fumes back into your home. Fall is also a great time to have your chimney inspected because you can get a head start on the busy chimney cleaning season. So, don’t wait until a problem arises with your chimney in the heart of winter; get it serviced today.
Get Your Chimney in Great Shape for Fall with Felgemacher Masonry and Chimney
If you are in the Buffalo or Rochester areas and want to ensure your fireplace performs at its best during the fall or any time of year, get in touch with us today. Our Chimney Safety Institute of America-certified chimney sweeps know what it takes to make sure that your chimney is both safe and efficient for Autumn and beyond. Get in touch today. We look forward to serving you.
