Best selling fireplace – W/E 28/06/09
Chiswick Gloucester marble fireplace
Chiswick Gloucester marble fireplace was the best selling fireplace last week, a beautiful fireplace and a true chimneypiece in carrara marble. At 56 inches wide it will fit most chimney breasts, as long as the chimney breast is built for a solid fuel fire (a proper chimney). The Chiswick mantel can be put with any of our cast iron inserts and looks very nice with a tiled insert. This fireplace is designed for solid fuel, gas or can have an electric fire in it.
Now I have been asked what is a best selling fireplace, what constitutes a best selling fireplace well it is two or more of the same fireplace in any one week, now I here you say you can’t always have multiple sales of the same fireplace every week especially this time of year, and your right some times we don’t, so when this happens I pick a fireplace from that weeks sale’s to show, I particularly like this fireplace it falls into this category I hope you like it to, one of our customers did. A beautiful fireplace, The Chiswick Gloucester.
Best selling fireplace – W/E 21/06/09
Column Oak fireplace
Chimneypiece
Column oak fireplace was our best selling fireplace for last week a grand chimney piece measuring 56 inches wide, and I think it looks great at this size or bigger. This particular Oak fireplace was copied from an original Victorian antique fireplace by my self approx twelve years ago, the original one was some 65 inches wide, I decided to make it smaller so it would fit in the average home, I think you will agree a beautiful fireplace. This fireplace is available with any of our inserts weather you choose an arch insert or tiled insert a very stunning fireplace. Available fire options as always solid fuel, gas and electric.
Fireplace Surrounds… What’s, what?
Fires and Fireplaces have always played an integral part in every home, but over the years fires and fireplaces have evolved from simple fires in the middle of a home where the smoke would have been vented out through the roof lantern to what we have today which normally serves as an element to enhance the grandeur of an interior space.
It wasn’t until the twelfth century when the placement of fireplaces moved from the middle of the room to the wall which allowed for the design of very elaborate, rich, architectural focal points for a room.
Fireplace surrounds also known as mantels, mantelpieces or chimneypieces, originated in medieval times but were then simply a hood that protruded over the grate to catch smoke. The fireplace surrounds used today are part of an overall finish and provide more of a decorative feature.
Fireplace surrounds are made of the following elements:
- Shelf
- Frieze
- Legs or Jambs
- Foot
- Corbels
- Corbels are not always found on fireplace surrounds.
