Since the main purpose of wood-burning stoves is to provide heat, it’s best to include it within your seating arrangement. This designer made this modern stove the focal point of the living area by centering it, creating a dark, dramatic wall shield and flanking it with bookshelves.
Kielman's clients wanted to be able to move between the indoors and outdoors with the same ease as they moved through the main house and its different sections. "My favorite part of the home is not actually the home itself but the enclosed outdoor space that's shaped by the arrangement of the three modest building forms and the easy connection each of those forms have to the outside," says Kielman.Fireplace: Nestor Martin RH 35, Fiamma Fireplaces
Another view of the same space. In all of the schemes that I have drawn, I have intended to provide the dining and living spaces with a similar quality of light and accessibility to the outdoors.