Elegant Dark Wood Fireplace with Granite Surround. This living room features a striking wood-burning fireplace with a sleek black granite surround and firebox. The dark wood mantel complements the ...

Thanks to its durability and effortless style, stone is a natural choice for fireplace surrounds. From the timeless elegance ...

These stylish fireplace ideas—from heritage marble to natural stone surrounds—will make you curl up fireside beyond the holiday season ...

Changing the surround rather than the mantel can also give your fireplace a new personality. When Amanda Jesse and Whitney Parris-Lamb, the founders of the Brooklyn-based interior design firm ...

Section R1001.11, which concerns fireplace clearances, says noncombustible material, such as the marble surround you want, needs to extend at least six inches beyond the fireplace opening on both ...

Choose the right type of stone for your fireplace surround by reviewing these factors. ... Granite is a highly durable option that can be used for electric, gas, and wood-burning fireplaces.

A feature fireplace can add up to 5 per cent to a home’s value. And at this time of year, the warm glow and crackle of logs burning in the hearth seem very appealing indeed.