There are fireplace design ideas for every budget. Whether you are starting with new construction or remodeling your existing home you can have a fireplace for warmth of just for looks. Nature lovers will love a fireplace with a "Stone Faced" look. Collect river rocks to use in the construction of your fireplace. By using the smooth round rocks of similar size you'll feel like you have brought your favorite stream or river right into your home creating a peaceful ambience in the room.

Want a fireplace that is a "Perfect Match" to your garden bathtub in your master bedroom suite? Surround the bedroom fireplace in limestone and use the same to surround the garden tub. This is simply elegant.  If you wish to make an old fireplace look new and fresh, but you are under budget restraints, here's a "Budget Saver" idea for you. Buy ceramic tile on sale. If you want a light and airy feel to the room choose white or light colors. If you want to imitate a colonial or stone-look fireplace choose dark tiles that look like granite. You can lay a few tiles diagonally to create an interesting inset design.

Give your brick fireplace a whole "New Attitude" by creating a spunky, colorful fireplace by mixing tiles of different colors and textures. Create your own mosaic by covering the original brick with mortar and then lay your design of tiles into the mortar. Cheer up an old brick fireplace with a "Touch Up" by painting the bricks a bright fire engine red or any bright crayon color of your choice. Primary and secondary colors will completely change your fireplace making the room a joyful gathering place.

Don't like the historic look of a fireplace? Take the "Minimalist Approach" by surrounding your existing fireplace with expansive slabs of concrete on the face, creating a modern look. Other fireplace design ideas to create a similar, sleek look would be to use marble or slate. If you are tired of the dust that fireplaces can create, you might want to fill your fireplace with a "Natural Gas" insert. Installed professionally, it will not change the look of a wood-burning fireplace. It will be just as homey and will help heat your home much better than a fireplace does.

Alas, if you have no fireplace and no way to have one built, there are fireplace design ideas that can "Trick the Eye" by creating a faux fireplace in any room. The mantle can be created with wood or styrofoam which is used to create architectural effects. The surround can be tiled or you can even use bricks. You now have a mantle to decorate and a "fireplace" that looks real.

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