Many years ago every man of wealth in the residence had a fireplace installed. Near him in the evenings guests and residents of the house gathered, conducted leisurely conversations, drank wine and enjoyed the beauty of the flame. Today, fireplaces are installed in mansions and solid villas. He has long become a symbol of prestige. With its help you can add coziness and to the apartment. The only negative - in an apartment building it will be problematic to organize the removal of smoke and withdraw the pipe. Therefore, designers advise using a false fireplace, imitating a portal with a stone furnace. This is a fairly simple fireplace and it can be easily built with your own hands. This will require a small set of tools and a few free hours.
Manufacture of fireplaces by own hands
If the design of the apartment does not fit the old radiator, and there is no money to replace it, you can cover it with a decorative fireplace. The building can also be used separately. In order to make a decorative fireplace with your own hands, you need the following materials:
- plywood;
- screws;
- adhesive tape;
- wooden layouts;
- metal grid;
- decorative grille.
When a complete set of materials is bought, you can start installing a homemade fireplace. The work is divided into several stages:
- Attach wooden beams to the radiator. In the future, this will become the framework of the construction.
- According to the sketch, the frame is covered with plywood. Since there will be a radiator inside, the structure should be fixed with screws. After a while, the appearance of the stone structure can be adjusted by introducing additions. Here the podium is added to the portal.
- All visible surface can be covered with self-adhesive film. The corners of the portal are covered with a wooden layout, which also glued on marble.
- Embed the battery with pebbles. This requires a metal tray.
- Attach the decorative grid to the body of the decorative fireplace with glue or copper wire.
- The fireplace is ready! The design was easily detachable, so if necessary, you can access the heating battery.
As you can see, a decorative fireplace with its own hands is collected quite easily. The main thing is to plan the design correctly and draw a drawing. Everything else is a matter of practice.
Method of finishing decorative fireplaces
As already mentioned above, the fireplace can be pasted with a colored film, but there are other, more elegant ways of finishing. So, the fireplace can be painted or tiled with mosaic or tiles. Very beautiful looks stone finish. But this method requires a perfectly flat surface, which is pre-sanded and pasted. To create complex structures it is possible to use gypsum board, which is fastened to metal profiles. In this case, all parts are fastened with screws and dowels.
After the fireplace is done you need to figure out what to place in the mantelpiece of the fireplace. As a rule, this place attracts the views of all people, so it must necessarily be decorated with an unusual decor. For these purposes, you can purchase an electronic photo frame, which will be an excellent imitator of fire. The control electronics of the display is much simpler than in a full-fledged tablet or computer, so the frame is much cheaper. The photo frame model shows moving images in the format of animated GIF files, etc.
Some designers experiment with the decor of the fireplace with candles. To do this, in the niche of the fireplace you need to put large candles of different sizes and light them. The fireplace will be beautifully illuminated from the inside and will emphasize the sophistication of the interior. The top of the fireplace can be decorated with family photos, watches or favorite souvenirs.