Contemporary Fireplace Screens

"New Designs in Contemporary
  Fireplace Screens..."

There have been some dramatic advances in the home decorating market. The main one has been smaller. 

At one time, home decorating meant renovating an entire room from floor to ceiling. Home decorating meant turning a room in an American home into an imitation of the Italian, European, or English cottage style of home. 

People spent thousands of dollars turning their living rooms into Victorian parlors. 

Thankfully these pretentious home decorating projects have given way to a more subtle and individualistic style of home decorating.

Now, if a home decorator wants to change a room they may replace the mess over their fireplace with any of the new, artistic and tasteful contemporary fireplace screens.

Express Yourself

The ideal behind this is to add pieces, one at a time, to create an eclectic room that expresses the owner's style, moods, and soul. 

Instead of creating an Italian reproduction room and then trying to feel comfortable in it, homeowners are now letting the room grow out of their own lifestyle. 

A new sculpture, a change of table, or even changing from a contemporary fireplace screen to a single panel fireplace screen, can make all the difference in a room.  Fireplace doors are another styish option

The idea behind today's home decorating styles is to create a room the homeowner that makes the homeowner feel comfortable.

Damper Pull
Fireplace damper hooks or pulls are a practical accessory. You will use the hook to open the damper.  Then hang the pull from the mantel or fireplace screen to as a reminder that the damper is open. When you close the damper just leave the hook hanging from the damper handle to signal that the damper is closed.  That's how you avoid starting a fire in the fireplace and filling the house with smoke.  Aren't you clever?

This is a dynamic and significant change from old home decorating ideas that suggested the homeowner should put guests and colleagues first and foremost. This type of home decorating made perfect strangers the primary focus in all home decorating ideas. 

This might make a homeowner feel pressured to remove their beloved wood fireplace for a cleaner, more prestigious, electric fireplace.  This may give the guest something to coo over, but it leaves the homeowner disappointed with the room. 

Today's home decorators tell homeowners to let go, 'set yourself free.'  If you want a contemporary fireplace screen that is reminiscent of your grandmother's - fine. If you want a single panel fireplace screen with a hand painted peacock on it - great.

This can be a frightening situation for most novice home decorators who turn to magazines and television shows to tell them how to decorate their home.  The best thing for a homeowner to do is to visit a reputable home decorating website. 

Choose What Pleases You

Spend the afternoon perusing through the hundreds of styles and designs that are pleasing to 'your' eye. Do not worry about whether single panel fireplace screens in the shape of a peacock are popular, or whether your guests will see the artistic beauty in a wrought iron candelabrum. Choose the item that speaks to your heart.

Take your time. There is no rush. The most important thing to remember is that a fireplace screen is a focal point of the room. Its emotional effect on the room includes an intrinsic value of hearth and home.

 A contemporary fireplace screen will remind everyone of childhood dreams.  A single panel fireplace screen will provide a slightly jarring, artistic freedom.  The choice is yours.

  It's so easy to breath new life into a room by adding a beautiful fireplace screen,

Patricia Taylor
Decor Stylist

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