“If it gives off too much heat, you won’t want to sit in the room ... “I like to change things up, and tile would be too permanent,” she says. For contrast, she painted her faux fireplace’s surround ...

You can make as many faux fireplace logs as you want to make the inside look fuller ... A lit fireplace creates a cozy ambiance in a room, filling it with the sounds of wood crackling, the smell of ...