subject: Need A New Look To Your Home? Try Stunning Gas Fires And Surrounds [print this page] Gas fires, a form of heating that burns natural gas instead of wood, nowadays are more than a means of heating your home. They are a more environmentally friendly method of adding warmth to a room and not just with respect to temperature. Gas fires and surrounds have a myriad of choice on hand to complement any new look to your home.
One can jazz up an existing room by installing a gas fire and surround, which has a modern and contemporary look. This type of finish incorporates sleek lines, stainless steel either silver or black or a combination of both, in a wide or narrow wall recessed, glass covered or not rectangle. A more modern twist to the fire sees the shape change to a cylindrical freestanding unit. Hence the choice of contemporary style and design can really be used to create a stunning new look.
The advance in flue technology, to gas fires that do not require any sort of flue, lifts the limitations on where to place them. Consequently they are being moved from ground level and mounted midway up a wall, throughout the home, in a picture frame type arrangement. This is one way of making the fire the focal point in any room. Painting a feature wall behind it, or a flue bound fire, can also create this effect. One can become lost in its mesmerising glow of the flames, feel homely in its warmth or obtain a sense of peace from its quietness. The room becomes a sanctuary from the hustle and bustle of modern day stresses. If entertaining it can be the hub of the place where all guests gather round to amuse each other through meaningful conversation.
Gas fires can also be recessed into a wall and a more formal surround built around it, making it appear like the more traditional wooden fireplaces. Here it has the added bonus of being able to have a mantle piece where one can finish the new look by adding decorative pieces upon it. What more personal way to complete a renovation that by adding memorabilia from travels, photos of loved ones or trinkets to complement the theme of the room. Similarly, for a more traditional look one could decide upon the teak, mahogany, white, chrome brass, silver champagne finish with or without ornate decorations and grates across the front.
Another option is to place an older style looking gas heater into a surround to finish off its appearance. These too can make a room look more modern or more traditional but for those who prefer not to have the flame like look. It gives the impression that the fire was a design rather than an added feature.
A gas fire and its surrounds still have the same glow as a log fire without all the hassle of chopping and lifting the wood, getting it started and cleaning the mess. That itself adds to the room being stunning.
