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Have you ever thought, were can I buy an impressive large Pine or Oak Mantel well here it is Made by Knapp Woodworking and sold through Victorian Fireplaces. The Colossus pine mantel 66 inches wide or can be made a touch smaller at 60 inches, we do regularly make these mantels larger at say 70 inches wide and that's big. We sell most of these large fireplaces north of the boarder, and as it happens a customer has just been on the phone from Scotland saying that she has one of the Colossus pine mantel and a Large Adam pine mantel in her home, she is moving down into England and wants the same two in her new home, Of coarse we can create what ever the customer wants. The Lady also said that the people buying her house in Scotland just fell in love with the two fireplaces and that's what clinched the house sale, its nice too know that we have helped towards a house sale, as well as creating Beautiful Fireplaces here at Victorian Fireplaces.

If you would like more information on the Colossus pine mantel or The Large Adam pine mantel just give me a call and I will go through all the options with you.

01522 536373 ask for David.

This morning I was sat having a treat for breakfast (peanut butter and jam on toast), while enjoy the breakfast my eyes were wandering around the room and I happened to look at our fireplace. In our living room we have a Bedford 48" surround and a matching mirror which even after 5 years looks as good as the day it was installed.

At the time when I installed the fireplace and mirror we didn't supply concealed fixings so I simply used brass mirror brackets which is what we used to recommend. Normally you would cut the brackets into the plaster and fill over them, but we had just decorated so I just installed them on top of the plaster. After looking at these mirror brackets I thought to myself I wish we had concealed fixings when I had installed the fireplace.

We now provide a free set of concealed fixings with all of our wooden fireplaces so that nobody has to sit in front of their fireplace thinking the same thing as me. We also supply the fixings separately if you have any other jobs you might need them for, you can find them here.

I referred to the Concealed fixings as "magic" in the title and that is because I believe they are absolutely fantastic, easy to fit (when you know what you're doing), give a solid fix, allow you to remove the wooden surround without having to remove any brackets and you do not see any fixings.

The fixings work in the same way as a French cleat it compromises of two fixings; one mounted to the wall and the other to the back of the surround and when you lower the surround onto the wall the fixings engage each other and sit tight. When you lift the surround up by around 1" the surround will come free from the wall again, magic!

Although I would say fitting concealed fixings is easy, that is because I have used them many times myself. For somebody looking at them for the first time they don't appear as simple as they are. So what we have done is compiled a set of instructions for anybody to use which you can download here, feel free to have a look and if you do get stuck at any point just give us a call.

With the relatively mild weather over the last few weeks I think we have forgotten that it is still the middle of winter, but reading the news and feeling the temperature today it does look like we are going to get a bit of shock. With the cold spell on its way it's the perfect time to go check the coal bunker or log store, you might find your are running low on smokeless coal, logs or how about your Bioethanol fuel. If you are running low you should get on the internet and start ordering to make sure you stay toasty next to your fire, you can buy bioethanol fuel from www.econol.co.uk or for your coal and wood you can try http://www.logs2u.co.uk/

Now if you didn't indulge yourself with a new fireplace in the mad rush up to Christmas  now is a good time, with all the festivities over you are sure to find a few bargains at Victorian fireplaces.

Below is a lovely limestone fireplace it just might wet your appetite. This stunning fireplace was installed on a 60 minute makeover show and features a beautiful solid limestone surround with a classic Georgian polished cast iron insert. This was one of our best sellers in 2012, so much so we even ran out stock for 3 months! But rest assured there are over 40 in stock at the minute so we will be able to have this lovely fireplace delivered to you within a couple of weeks.

Thornton Royal fireplace package from £855.00 with solid fuel, gas, electric and Bioethanol options available.

In our twenty plus years of trading we’ve established a reputation for exceptional hand-made wooden fire surrounds, all made on site here in Lincoln by our experienced craftsmen at Knapp woodworking.  Demand has led to us offering our lovely well-balanced pine or oak mantelshelf.  It would look perfect on a bare chimney breast over a cast iron stove or cooking range.

It would work wonderfully in any room but for the kitchen it makes me think of country kitchens filled with the smell of a slow-cooked stew or sweet apple pie. Whenever you watch any of these cookery programmes promoting seasonal veg, there is often a mantelshelf over the range cooker with a few squash or pumpkins stored on it ready to add to a hearty meal. Perhaps the cold weather is just making me hungry?

The price of our Keswick Mantelshelf wouldn’t make you go hungry. Priced at from £275.00 it’s great value. Order the unfinished pine option if you would like to paint yours to match your room. Click here to read more .

The Keswick really finishes a room off beautifully and instantly looks like a period feature.  The shelf is fixed using ‘invisible’ fittings that are hidden inside so no shelf space is lost.

Just as a fire surround at Christmas makes you want to adorn it with holly, the Keswick mantelshelf might make you want to reach up for a wooden spoon so you can stir that delicious stew. Don’t forget to invite me round, will you?

Decorate your Fireplace at Christmas

Victorian fireplaces would like you to think about your own Fireplace and getting it prepared for the festivities.

Yes Christmas is just around the corner 29 day's to that lovely time, that smell of the Christmas dinner being prepared, I can taste the smell of those mince pies wafting into the lounge where all sanity has gone, wrapping paper strewn all over the floor as children rip away to find what's inside. Baffled Grand parents with new electronic games, Huge flat screen TVs blaring out the new xbox game,- lost instruction books, - damn no batteries!! - "I am going to walk the dog".

Its a lovely time and no Fireplaces to think about, well only yours,  the one to get decorated. Here is a link to a website I found that you might find interesting. Kirstie Allsopp and decorate your fireplace with these great decoration tips.

Now if you haven't got a fireplace perhaps now is the time  to think about it just in time for Christmas delivery or Even the new year and beat the vat increases, by ordering it now.

This fireplace featured in this Christmas picture is a Large Adam mantel hand carved in solid pine is a fine example of the type of work that is created in the great historical city of Lincoln.

Manufactured by Knapp Woodworking and sold here at Victorian fireplaces.

Now have you thought what's the best way to decorate your mantel.