Every well decorated room has a focal point. If you are lucky enough to have a fireplace, you should make the most of it. Give it importance by enhancing it with a mirror or art and inserting an electric fireplace into the firebox. The art or mirror needs to be in proportion to the scale of the mantel. Art that is too small will look ridiculous hanging over an elaborately carved mantel. A mirror with a simple frame will look equally out of place. Interior designers are using fewer large accessories on the mantel shelf; the fireplace is the focal point, not the accessories; they should enhance the mantel not overpower it.
A fireplace mantel is certainly the focal point of a room on cold winter nights when the snow is falling. With warm temperatures around the corner, you don't have to see your fireplace go under utilized. The introduction of an electric fireplace insert into a home's firebox allows homeowners to not only maintain a strong visual focal point but enjoy functionality of the fireplace. An electric fireplace has a flame only setting. That's right, you can have a fire in your fireplace without generating any heat, so you can have the romantic, cozy feeling Spring into Summer.
Electric log inserts enhance a room's focal point once they're easily placed into the opening, plugged in, press a button and BAM (sorry Emeril) a blazing flame. I have seen designers and homeowners place a stack of cut logs, which just sit dark in the box, or candles, which have to be manually lit and extinguished while dripping messy wax in the firebox. An insert can be installed either temporarily or permanently. An electric fireplace log insert can be plugged into a nearby outlet. Homeowners wanting a permanent change can have an electrician put an outlet inside the firebox and introduce a plug-in electric fireplace, electric logs on a grate with lighting housed inside a metal box.
Every room needs a center of gravity to pull it together, and the fireplace is the most naturally eye catching one to bring life into your room. Strengthen the fireplace as focal point by accessorizing with an electric fireplace.
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