Arts & Crafts Winter Heating Options
Technology, fittings, and finery to warm the hearth, the room, and thee
Fireplace & Mantel
Gather around the hearth! Ideas for mantel design and decoration, including mantel restoration, mantel scarves, reproduction fireplaces and more.
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An Artful Vintage Mantel
Design ideas for an informal and beautiful vintage mantel.
6 Tips for Historic Holiday Mantels
From simple to dramatic, here's a look at holiday mantels by period and style.
Decorative Fireboards
In search of a clever way to seal up fireplaces during warm weather, early homeowners came up with a delightful form of decoration that’s still with us today.
Hearth & Home
The fireplace, like the staircase, is a focal point and key element of style.
The Latest in Fireplace Inserts
Four fireplace inserts that will give you comfort and efficiency without sacrificing the beauty of flame.
The History of the Fireplace
The fireplace is a sparkling focal point in historic homes.
Anatomy of a Historic Fireplace
Architect Benjamin Walbert designs beautiful mantels modeled after the past.
3 Steps for Tiling a Fireplace
A scrapbook of fireplace surrounds from the Victorian and Arts & Crafts eras sparks ideas for today. Also, important steps to take before installation.
Fireplace Ideas for Bungalows
A look at the wide array of Arts & Crafts-era fireplaces.
No-Fuss New Fireplaces
Strip, ribbon, vented, or flueless: The new go-anywhere fireplaces aren’t necessarily traditional, but they’re ideal for retrofits.
5 Ways to Transform an Old Fireplace
A new breed of historic-minded fireplace inserts can help you get the home fires burning again, efficiently.
Designing Reproduction Fireplaces for Traditional Homes
Adding a historically inspired mantel to your reproduction fireplace offers a period look for your home.
Creating an Art Tile Fireplace
A bland and damaged surround is remade with a period tile installation—and the fireplace becomes a stylish focal point.
Vermont Verde Antique
Vermont Verde Antique is an acid resistant, stain resistant, hardy, durable, low maintenance rich green serpentine stone perfect for kitchen and bath counters, shower enclosures, fireplace surrounds, and floors.
Unico System
A central heating and cooling system using "aspiration" technology to warm and cool homes evenly and quietly with flexible small ducts that weave through ceilings, walls, and even floors.
Authentic Designs Colonial Lighting
Authentic Designs makes reproductions of colonial and early American lighting fixtures. We began by researching the originals which we found in historic New England inns, museums and private collections, and now recreate them in perfect detail.
