25 Living Rooms With Roaring Fireplaces
Pour yourself a cup of hot cocoa and cozy up to these heartwarming scenes of hearths ablaze
Suzanne Ennis
January 17, 2024
Houzz Editorial Staff. I write about all aspects of home design and remodeling, but I have soft spots for historic homes, California modernism and lakefront cabins.
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Fire symbolizes light and warmth as well as transformation, so gazing at flickering flames feels especially fitting during the wintry early days of a new year. Here’s a diverse collection of blazing fireplaces recently added to Houzz that will warm your heart and spark design ideas.
1. This Northern European-country-style home in Minnesota is filled with natural, timeless materials, including the limestone fireplace surround by Orijin Stone. The herringbone pattern of the bricks lining the firebox adds sophistication to the rustic design.
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2. The lounging spaniel clearly claimed the coziest seat in this northern Michigan farmhouse designed by Elizabeth Drake of Drake Interiors. The great room’s fireplace is surrounded by rugged stone and a chunky wooden mantel that matches the ceiling beams and logs stacked below.
2. The lounging spaniel clearly claimed the coziest seat in this northern Michigan farmhouse designed by Elizabeth Drake of Drake Interiors. The great room’s fireplace is surrounded by rugged stone and a chunky wooden mantel that matches the ceiling beams and logs stacked below.
3. This linear electric fireplace with a floor-to-ceiling gray slab surround is all about clean, contemporary lines and luxe materials. San Jose, California-based interior designer Lori Dennis paired it with LED-lit dark wood shelving, a geometric LED chandelier, square-arm couches, a glam coffee table and twin shaggy stools that balance out all the sharp edges.
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4. On the south end of Washington’s Bainbridge Island, this home by Dana Webber Design Group has a wood-burning fireplace with a concrete surround, whose wood-grain look creates an earthy-modern backdrop for the natural wood mantel.
5. An asymmetrical, floor-to-ceiling fireplace with a stacked-bond-pattern surround accentuates the midcentury modern lines of this Portland, Oregon, home by Risa Boyer Architecture.
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6. This Vermont home by Peregrine Design Build benefits from the interplay of rough-hewn and clean-lined, light and dark, antique and modern. Its stone fireplace pulls in the warm gray and brown tones in the rest of the room and outside the windows.
7. In the Chelsea neighborhood of London, this historic home renovated by Jo Cowen Architects features a fireplace hugged by a club fender. Often found in fine Edwardian and Georgian English homes, these upholstered bench seats offer a warm spot to sit — and also prevent runaway logs.
8. A pretty patterned-tile fireplace surround and reclaimed-wood mantel add panache to this coastal-style living room in Orlando, Florida, by Collected Interior Design.
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9. In this contemporary Paradise Valley, Arizona, home by architectural firm Drewett Works, a blackened-steel fireplace bisects leather-textured limestone walls. Lighting integrated in the Douglas-fir-paneled ceiling highlights the natural materials’ textural finishes.
9. In this contemporary Paradise Valley, Arizona, home by architectural firm Drewett Works, a blackened-steel fireplace bisects leather-textured limestone walls. Lighting integrated in the Douglas-fir-paneled ceiling highlights the natural materials’ textural finishes.
10. Twin mirrors and consoles flank the fireplace in this Dallas residence by Haynsworth Custom Homes. The stone surround and herringbone-patterned firebox imbue the transitional-style room with elegance.
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11. This coastal New England summer house by Boston firm Albert, Righter & Tittmann Architects is built around salvaged barn beams and anchored by a stone fireplace in the lofty great room. The design encourages guests to get cozy by the fire with a book or board game on cool summer evenings.
12. White veins stretch across this Austin, Texas, fireplace’s black stone surround, evoking lightning bolts streaking across the night sky. The design in the residence by Rare Homes has an especially dramatic effect thanks to the room’s floor-to-ceiling windows.
13. Bureau Namas and Vertoch Design Architects designed this Los Angeles farmhouse-style residence, whose style straddles formality and rusticity. The two halves of the living room almost perfectly mirror each other, save for the bold asymmetrical veining on the stone fireplace surround.
14. In a Big Sky, Montana, retreat by The Varda Group, the clever concrete-and-steel fireplace design incorporates a barn-door-style screen, a television and, tucked into the side, a built-in log holder.
15. The floor-to-ceiling fireplace in this Cordillera, Colorado, home by Patti Dixon Design features two stone arrangements. The dual textures create visual interest and emphasize the room’s ceiling height, which is further enhanced by the unique beam, cable and metal design.
16. Heliotrope Architects designed this contemporary Seattle home and its clean-lined fireplace wall, which includes discreet storage, a generous fireplace and a built-in niche for firewood. A hefty raised hearth creates an inviting fireside perch.
17. More is more in this Mediterranean-style La Quinta, California, living room by Carlos King Interior Design. That includes its fireplace design, which has what appears to be metallic fireglass inside the firebox. Above the mantel shelf is a sunburst mirror whose frame mimics the gas fire’s dancing flames.
Photo by Luke Potter
18. This project by .NelsonDesign looks nestled into its West Vancouver setting. The burning logs energize the peaceful palette of creamy white, natural wood, warm concrete gray and matte black.
18. This project by .NelsonDesign looks nestled into its West Vancouver setting. The burning logs energize the peaceful palette of creamy white, natural wood, warm concrete gray and matte black.
19. Another Vancouver project, this one by Peter Rose Architecture + Interiors, is replete with decorative millwork painted in crisp white, including the classical fireplace mantel. The deep brown stone surround and hearth and herringbone brick firebox stand in stark contrast to the light neutral backdrop.
20. Built-in walnut cabinetry flanks a fireplace surround clad in Lamstone Jura — a natural stone laminated to a flexible backing — in this Toronto-area contemporary living room by Frahm Interiors. The orange flames pick up the wood and stone’s warm undertones.
Photo by ZAC + ZAC Photography
21. A cast-iron-and-brass coal grate glows in this formal Edinburgh, Scotland, living room. Its ornate metalwork echoes the golden picture frames as well as the intricate details on the formal surround and the room’s molding.
21. A cast-iron-and-brass coal grate glows in this formal Edinburgh, Scotland, living room. Its ornate metalwork echoes the golden picture frames as well as the intricate details on the formal surround and the room’s molding.
22. This Scarsdale, New York, living room features a modern fireplace wall with a black steel surround that matches the floating stairs and railings by Keuka Studios. The patchwork pattern of the weathered wood above the steel creates a cool backdrop for the room’s delicate orb-shaped pendant lights.
Photo by Scott Amundson Photography
23. A big, boulder-y fireplace of over-grouted stone is the focal point of the living room in this Minnesota farmhouse by Rehkamp Larson Architects. A contrasting stone header and rough-hewn wood mantel add to the handmade, rustic charm.
23. A big, boulder-y fireplace of over-grouted stone is the focal point of the living room in this Minnesota farmhouse by Rehkamp Larson Architects. A contrasting stone header and rough-hewn wood mantel add to the handmade, rustic charm.
24. In a grand Shingle-style residence overlooking New York’s Long Island Sound and built by Stokkers & Co., a peppy palette, copious sunlight and a cozy fire make for an inviting coastal-style living room.
25. Remodeled by Kevin Spence Architect, this century-old Queen Anne craftsman in Seattle boasts a beautiful fireplace with an art tile surround. A chunky mantel and flanking benches made of warm, reddish wood match built-ins found throughout the home.
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While I like many of these, the colors and atmosphere (and the rug!) of #20 especially speak to me. But…..check out the rest of the photos for house #18…..what a spectacular setting and home (though we’d add some more art and rugs😉)….just awesome!
For all contemporary houses liking people out here - take a look at all the pictures for the fireplace #16, that’s my fav, and what an awesome house! The roof takes the cake….! Thanks for the eye candy!
Ok, here is the context of my fireplace… i am considering wrapping the entire 3 sides of the column-(chimney) in white ledgerstone…