This year, especially, we are all looking for ways to be outdoors as much as possible. Sitting by a fire outside is a great way to spend time with friends and family even as the temperatures dip. If you’d like to warm things up in your landscaping, here are the latest outdoor fireplace trends:
Indoor Style, Outdoor Location
One of the hottest outdoor fireplace trends is bringing the quality and range of styles available for interior hearths outside. You can choose a direct-vent or vent-free fireplace for your outdoor living space. If you’re looking for a fireplace you can put anywhere outside, a vent-free unit is a good choice. With vent-free, there’s no need for a chimney or a place to run a vent. The gasses produced by combustion in a vent-free fireplace safely disperse outdoors.
You can choose to mix things up: If your indoor fireplace is more traditional in style, a more contemporary look outdoors could be a nice change of pace. Or you can match your indoor and outdoor styles for a seamless feel. Most of our clients wrap their outdoor fireplaces or fire pits in stone or brick, whatever they feel complements their home’s exterior finish or other hardscaping elements they might have.
One of the recent outdoor fireplace trends involves flames on a small scale: gas-fueled torches or fire vessels. Units on the market now might be tiki-style torches, traditional lanterns or stylish fire bowls. Whatever you choose, these elements’ dancing flames provide light and an inviting ambiance.
Gas Beats Out Wood
Outdoor fireplaces and fire pits traditionally burned wood. If you have easy access to firewood and kindling, wood can be the way to go. Today most homeowners choose the ease and convenience of natural gas to fuel their outdoor fireplaces or fire pits.
With a gas line run to the fireplace or fire pit, starting and extinguishing a fire is push-button easy. And you don’t have to worry about sparks or getting rid of ashes. Another benefit to natural gas is that the line can be split to fuel both a fireplace and a gas grill.
Whichever fuel you choose, the warmth and glow of an outdoor fire are sure to be crowd pleasers.
Incorporating Outdoor Fireplace Trends
Most of our clients choose to include a fireplace or fire pit in their landscaping. A popular choice is to add a hearth to an outdoor living space lined with pavers. Some clients prefer a fire pit that’s set off on the property on a bed of gravel. Low walls surrounding a pit can provide extra seating.
Take your time to research outdoor fireplace options or tap into our years of expertise. Give us a call today to set up a no-obligation consultation and let’s turn up the heat in your yard!