We’ve been talking about warmth recently here on the blog.
One day in the distant past an unnamed hunter-gatherer suggested moving the fire from deep inside the cave to just outside the cave opening. That way the cave would stop filling up with smoke. Plus, the neighbors wouldn’t be able to see everything they were doing inside the cave after dark.
And that was the birth of the interior design profession.
Fireplaces seldom now serve the original function of heating homes or providing heat for cooking, but there is no more potent design feature to create a sense of comfort, coziness, or emotional (as well as literal) warmth.
When it comes to designing a home, the living area is the first place we think of to include a fireplace.
But fireplaces work well in other rooms, too.
A fireplace also provides opportunities to add different materials and textures to an interior. And, as in this case, a fireplace can add vertical drama to the room.
Nor does a fireplace have to be inside. (You’ve seen this fire pit before.)
Nor do they have to be particularly traditional.
If you have an idea for a fireplace, or just the warm atmosphere you want to create in your next design project, let’s talk.
Call Leslie Saul & Associates at 617-234-5300.
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