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You can’t install a real fireplace in an apartment, but it’s what creates coziness in rural cottages. You can get by with a cheap imitation, or you can buy an electric fireplace with the effect of a live fire and bring the necessary family atmosphere to the living room. You will learn about all the intricacies of design from this article.
Features and Benefits
Please note that electric fireplaces are not just decoration, but a real heater. Many models have a good fan heater built into them, which creates a hot effect.
In this case, an image of a living flame is displayed on the screen, which is indistinguishable from a natural one. TOP models with a 3D flame effect cannot be distinguished from stone fireplaces at all.
And the coolest thing is that you don’t need to chop and throw wood. Just take the remote control and select the desired program.
Among the advantages of an electric fireplace with a flame effect are the following:
- Cool design. An electric fireplace in the living room interior is always relevant! It will be appropriate even in compact Khrushchev-era apartment buildings. Of course, you need to focus on design, but more on that below.
- Safety. Even in a private home, a fireplace is a danger zone. It is especially unsafe for children and animals. An electric fireplace with the sound of burning wood is not dangerous, even if a heater is built-in.
- Easy installation. There is no need for a chimney, air draft pipes, etc.
- No care. Other than periodic cleaning with a damp cloth, no maintenance is required.
Practical ideas
The above option is far from the only one regarding the placement of a TV and fireplace. You can place these attributes like this:
- side by side on the same line
- select a corner for them and place them on opposite walls.
The last option is quite practical; it allows you to place a sofa near the TV and an armchair with a coffee table near the fire.
Kinds
There are several types of electric fireplaces for apartments, which are also worth knowing about. Firstly, it affects the organization of space. Secondly, the form must match the style.
Built-in
Mounted into furniture or plasterboard wall. Usually they have an oblong shape and are installed under the TV.
Wall mounted
It is installed not in the wall, but on it. They look elegant, but at the same time simple. The only thing worth considering is that they should not be installed in the interior of a living room with a TV.
Corner
As the name implies, they are installed in the very corner. The model is compact, neat, well suited for small rooms. They are also suitable for zonal separation of one room from another.
Wall-mounted
Wall-mounted models are most often installed in apartments. In addition to simulating a living flame, they are also similar in appearance to natural fireplaces.
Island
The most avant-garde modern style fireplace of them all. They are installed right in the middle of the room, which creates an interesting zoning effect. They are well suited for large living rooms, but they are contraindicated for Khrushchev or Brezhnev halls.
They are extremely rare and are not cheap. But for houses with high ceilings or studio apartments, they are perfect. In addition, they help to zone the room into two parts.
Panoramic
Feature of panoramic electric fireplaces in size. They stretch 2-4 meters along the wall. The flame effect is very deep, almost indistinguishable from natural.
Is it possible to hang a TV above the fireplace?
The fireplace, like the TV, took a central place in the interior design of the living room of the apartment.
By correctly arranging them in one room, you can get a very cozy, relaxing sitting area, in which you really want to gather for get-togethers with family and friends.
But placing it on one plane, the question always arises: is it possible to do this?
If you take into account all the installation nuances, you can know the possible installation difficulties and ways to solve them:
Experts and firefighters are against such placement also because of combustion products
Correct distance
If the TV is located too high above the fire, it becomes uncomfortable to watch (the load on the cervical vertebrae increases, since you have to raise your chin very high).
TV on the fireplace - a contradictory combination of two bright accents
It is correct when the panel screen is fixed on the wall at a distance of one and a half meters from the floor and the same distance from the sofa (this indicator is used for plasma with a screen diagonal of 42″).
The larger the plasma screen, the higher from the floor and further from the sofa it should be fixed.
Wiring
Electrical wiring, which can spoil the overall appearance of the room (cables hanging from the plasma on the mantelpiece are very difficult to hide).
The wiring will be hidden by wall panels or a decorative plasterboard box lined with brick-like tiles. Such designs will not only help hide unnecessary wires, but will also combine them into a single composition.
It is undesirable to place electrical appliances and sockets on the wall behind which the chimney passes - they can get very hot
Main advantages
- the interior acquires a style, presentable, aristocratic appearance;
- hearth is an additional source of heat (especially noticeable in the off-season, when the main source of heat is still turned off); You can install an electric fireplace.
- the fire and panel make the room cozy and warm. In such a room it is pleasant to spend time with the whole family or in a cheerful company of friends.
High-quality videos with a burning fireplace and the sounds of cracking logs will help create an atmosphere of warmth and comfort
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