Since Stone Age people kindled the first controlled fires 400,000 years ago for light and cooking, the hearth has been the uncontested heart of the home. But the recent shift from wood to gas flames ...

There’s nothing that delivers cozy quite like a fireplace to gather around on a chilly winter day. With a wood fireplace, there’s time and effort involved—chopping wood, keeping wood stored and dry, ...

Few elements say "dream kitchen" in the way that a fireplace does. They represent the ultimate in comfort and coziness, and satisfy a primal longing to gather around a hearth. When most people think ...

During this cold winter, imagine having a warm, comforting fireplace in any room in your house. According to David Gregg, senior editor of Behind the Buy.com, you can have just that with some ...

If you're lucky enough to have a fireplace in your home, you have an opportunity to create a beautiful focal point for your space. With these modern fireplace ideas, you can easily update your hearth ...

With the price of home heating fuel skyrocketing, you might be thinking of alternative ways to keep warm this winter. The last decade has brought amazing advances in fireplaces and stoves powered by ...

Since Stone Age people kindled the first controlled fires 400,000 years ago for light and cooking, the hearth has been the uncontested heart of the home. But the recent shift from wood to gas flames ...

The open-hearth fireplace is often the center of a beautiful living or family room. But it seldom is an efficient source of heat. Most of the warm air from a fire in a traditional open hearth goes up ...