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Fire Places: A Practical Design Guide to Fireplaces and Stoves Indoors and Out

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Fire places seem evoke some kind of hidden memories out of our distant path when the fire at the mouth of the cave kept the tigers away. This has become so important that even apartments now seem to come with fire places.

This book, as is usual with this publisher is a beautifully illustrated, beautifully printed collection of fire places that range from a simple rock lined fire pit out in the yard to fire places that are the design center of the house, wood stoves that meet the new EPA regulations, to antiques that may have come from grandmothers house.

Besides the beautiful photography, this book also includes design tips, and the regulations that come from building codes. And there are discussions of more types of fire places than you could ever imagine without seeing it.

I got this book because my house does not have a fire place, and it's the next major extension that I plan to add. This book answered all the questions that I had, except do I want something indoor or outside. We have a long season for entertaining outside.

I wanted ideas on different fireplaces and this book did a great job. I do not think any fireplaces were left out. This is a nice book to dream through.

I was excited to find this book but once it arrived I was a bit disappointed in it. It has tons of photos of a variety of fireplaces, inside and out, exaplins the different types well but I was looking for more information on unique fireplaces, ones which could be placed in the center of a room. So if you're wanting a more traditional fireplace setting, this book might be great.

We got this book because we are putting in a backyard fireplace and this book was a great help.

We are in the process of planning the details of our summer cottage. We hadn't found any fireplace surrounds that really met our needs. That is, until we checked this book out from the library! It has about every kind of fireplace you can think of, including outdoor fireplaces. We loved this book so much we ordered it from Amazon.com! We have found a wonderful fit for our future summer cottage in this book and we will be able to plan out the outdoor space/fireplace/brick BBQ too. It is a keeper!

I was looking for ideas how to decorate a fireplace in my house. This book definitely helps to get better understanding where to move. However, if you are interested in european style decorations, this book will not be of high value for you.

This is a great book - beautiful pictures, but excellent information as well. Best book on fireplaces I've seen

Copyright in year 2000. I was looking for a more current design which would include a flat screen TV. It's an ok book if you only want basic fire place decorating.