Style your Fireplace with these Helpful Tips

As the temperatures rise and fireplaces take a backseat from their primary role, they can still be a stylish centrepiece in your home. Whether you’re decorating for the season or looking to celebrate a summer Christmas, here are some creative tips to transform your fireplace into a statement piece during the warmer months. 

Style with Native Flora

Embrace the beauty of Australian nature by arranging native plants and flowers within your fireplace. Consider using eucalyptus branches, kangaroo paw, or banksia flowers to create a vibrant display. These natural elements not only add texture and colour but also celebrate the unique flora of the region. To elevate the look, place the arrangements in decorative pots, baskets, or woven trays. When it’s time to fire it back up for winter, many of these decorations can stay in the fireplace to simply be burnt off.

Transform It into a Herb Garden

For a practical and visually appealing option, repurpose your fireplace into a small herb garden. Plant aromatic herbs such as basil, parsley, and mint and arrange them neatly within the fireplace. Ensure the area receives adequate sunlight to support growth. This green touch brings life into your space while providing fresh ingredients for summer recipes. 

Add an Ethanol Burner for Ambiance

If you’re missing the cosy glow of a fire, consider adding an ethanol burner to your fireplace. These burners offer the beauty of real flames without the intense heat of a wood-burning fire, making them ideal for summer evenings. They’re also clean-burning, stylish, and easy to install, allowing you to enjoy the ambiance of flickering flames all year round. 

Style with Seasonal and Festive Decorations

Take advantage of an Australian summer Christmas. This time of year offers a unique opportunity to blend festive cheer with seasonal decor. Fill your fireplace with Christmas decorations, such as light-coloured ornaments, Christmas lights in or around the fireplace, or pinecones accented with gold or silver. For a non-festive option, decorate with lanterns, fairy lights, or beach-themed items like driftwood and seashells.
A favourite with young families, an unused fireplace through summer is a great opportunity for a cheeky elf or Santa Clause to find themselves with their legs dangling from the chimney into the fireplace! 

Illuminate with Candles

A simple yet elegant way to style your fireplace is by filling it with candles. opt for varying heights and widths, and use pillar candles or LED versions for safety. Arrange them in clusters or on candle holders to create a warm and inviting glow in the evenings. If mosquitoes are a problem, try a citronella option to ward them away from your home. 

Play with Textures

Add depth to your fireplace by incorporating different textures. Stack decorative logs neatly for a rustic touch, or use woven baskets filled with books or rolled-up blankets for a cozy look. These additions bring charm and functionality to your space. 

Style the Mantel for Summer

Don’t forget the mantel! Lighten it up with summer-inspired decorations like fresh flowers in vases, seashell arrangements, or framed botanical prints. Keep the palette airy with whites, pastels, or natural tones to complement the season’s vibe. 

Your fireplace doesn’t have to go unnoticed during the summer months. With these styling tips, you can turn it into a stunning focal point that celebrates the warmth and beauty of summer. Whether it’s filled with native plants, transformed into a herb garden, or adorned with festive decorations, your fireplace can radiate style and charm all year long. 

‘Brighton 6’ x Sculpt Fireplace Collection

Making the most of the Australian summer, Brighton 6 Project by Pleysier Perkins and InForm Design sits on a corner site and is brought to life by subtle injections of greenery.

In the creation of this stunning home, it was obvious to project architect Ross Berger that the clients had an affinity for mid-century modern pavilions. To maintain their desired outcome the design boasts light-filled spaces that engage the landscape in such a way as to intertwine the built environment with the natural one, that ultimately reflects the client’s lifestyle.

The home revolves around the living zones that were designed to meet family needs and ensure that the interior spaces can afford multiple uses.  The creation of the breakfast bar and custom sunken lounge boasts a timeless material palette; making it the perfect place to showcase the Sculpt Fireplace Collection, Axis I1000FS fireplace. Axis fireplaces specialise in the manufacturing of designer wood fireplaces in a variety of different styles, shapes and sizes.

Handmade in the Rhone Alps region of France, the Axis I1000FS Single Sided wood fireplace is a display of geometric versatility and artisan engineered construction. The wood fireplace exudes a mesmerising display of flames and unsurpassed design excellence. With a heating capacity of up to 300m2 and an average efficiency of 66%, this unit is sure to stun in any space.

Fitted with DAFS (Double Air Flow System), this technology works by injecting oxygen at a determined level inside of the combustion chamber. The supply of new oxygen will burn the gases and smoke that has not yet been burnt and prevent them from being released into the flu system. The additional self-washing glass system feature, provides less CO2 emissions, creating longer fire term/burn time, cleaner glass and bricks and total combustion of the firewood.

The neutral tones and various textures reinforce the client’s appreciation for adventure and nature. Brighton 6 embodies a lightness that evokes a sense of joy in every space. A stunning project that Sculpt Fireplace Collection were proud to be part of.

To view the stunning French handcrafted Axis i1000FS Single Sided Wood Fireplace, click here.

The Brighton6 X Sculpt Fireplace Collection

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Making sure your home is Winter ready and stylish can be a difficult and daunting task. Learn how to ensure your home balances heating requirements with design flow in our latest blog feature in “The Fold – Southern Highlands”.

Interviewing Fiona and Jason Day, owners of exclusive Sculpt Fireplace Collection stockist, Highland Fires & BBQs in Mittagong, NSW; The Fold discusses how to get the most out of your Wood Fireplace this Winter! Featuring the stunning installation project of the Axis i1000IB DS in Berrima, NSW, Fiona mentions that “Australians love their open plan living and double-sided fireplaces provide a central feature to divide spaces and heat two areas simultaneously”, and we couldn’t agree more!

With the fantastic heating capacity of our entire Double Sided Fireplaces range, coupled with various design options including contemporary linear and industrial cast iron; each unit provides a unique heating experience to compliment any residential or commercial application! Becoming increasingly popular, Cast Iron fireplaces such as the Seguin range, are long lasting due to their “solid and robust nature”. Jason mentions the trend of different installation types of these cast iron fireplaces, “more than ever people are installing them as freestanding fires to show off their structural qualities”.

The key to choosing the perfect fireplace for a home, is picking a unit with cohesive style and accurate heating capacities. Fiona discusses the perfect design to suit any home comes with Axis fireplaces, with minimalist trims and large glass viewing areas; much like the Axis H1600XXL, which holds the title of Australia’s largest fireplace, available in both single and double sided! Amazingly, the Axis H1600XXL is not only a stunning feature with major WOW factor, but also provides incredible heating; so much so that the unit can be ducted off to provide heating to additional rooms!

For expert heating advice and to see the stunning range of Sculpt Fireplace Collection units from Seguin, Axis and JC Bordelet on display, visit Highland Fires & BBQs in Mittagong, NSW!

Read the full blog post here!

Double Sided Fireplaces: Two Is Always Better Than One

Two is always better than one, the same is true for Sculpt Fireplace Collection’s Double-Sided fireplaces! Double sided fireplaces are a favourite with designers for a very good reason, with so much more viewing space allowing dual areas to be heated and dazzled with dancing wood burning flames. It is also a great way to divide a large area into two and again enjoy the fireplace from both rooms.

Each of these uniquely hand-crafted double sided fireplaces are engineered using the latest technology, built with high quality materials and workmanship thus creating a product that provides an unforgettable blaze. The exceptional heating capacities produced by these products are expertly designed and tested specifically in compliance with all Australian regulations and requirements. These double-sided fireplaces can be installed into new and existing homes, allowing each project to be uniquely designed and styled.

Ranging in different sizes, features and finishes each Sculpt Double-Sided Fireplace helps to create a unique difference. They are all collaboratively handcrafted in two different styles from two different French townships by creative and passionate artisans, providing contemporary class and elegance to any home.

Seguin Multivision 8000

The smallest double-sided fireplace in the Sculpt Fireplace Collection range is the stunning Seguin Multivision 8000. With a 690mm wide and 665mm high viewing space on both sides this natural wood heater is the only cast iron double-sided fireplace in the Seguin cast iron range! Crafted using only 100% pure cast iron, and boasting some of the thickest cast iron on the market, this fireplace is extremely hardy, durable and backed up with a 10-year firebox warranty. Hand crafted in Randan, France, this wood burner provides exceptional heating for such a small firebox, with up to 25.9kW* heat output and 150-200m² heating capacity*, all whilst creating an unforgettable ambience. Giving you the option of having a lift door on one side to be able to enjoy as an open fire or a radiant heater when the lift door is closed.

Axis i1000 Double Sided

The next double-sided fireplace in our range, the Axis i1000 (either in-built or freestanding), has an amazing heat output of up to18.7kW* and reaching up to 280^* room heating capacity. The entirety of the Axis range is hand-crafted by French artisans in the Rhône-Alpes region of France in the mountainous township of Belley, where exceptional heating is required for extremely cold winters. Economically tested at 1.0g/kg in average emissions and a 62% average heating efficiency, due to the glass air wash system , DAFS system, additional airflow controls and the dual damper system. With a seamless and contemporarily minimal design, including swing doors, this double-sided fireplace is the perfect addition to any home, creating a warm and homely environment and a flawless feature. Available as a freestanding or with a zero-clearance kit for inbuilt installation.

Axis H1200 Double Sided

The next larger size in Sculpt’s Double-Sided Fireplace collection is the Axis H1200DS. This fireplace has an amazing heating capacity of up to 200m^2* and a heat output of up to 20kW*, it practices the natural and inventive DAFS heating system to distribute heat around the home. The Axis H1200DS fireplace uses modern counterweight technology to provide a lifting door, allowing for easy loading of fuel and reduce airflow. Built with 60mm thick kiln fired bricks designed to retain heat for 10 hours.

Axis H1600 Double Sided

The second largest Double Sided Fireplace in this collection is the Axis H1600DS, with a 1300mm viewing area this fireplace provides luxurious ambience and comfort. This fireplace is handcrafted to perfection with solid hand pressed steel and 60mm kiln fired bricks, which are all included on the 10-year warranty policy. Heating up to 250m^2* with a 25kW* heat output this fireplace provides radiant and convection heat and a stunning grand feature. With a rather similar design to the Axis H1200DS, this fireplace too has both lift and swing door capacities for maintenance purposes, the perfect fireplace to open up and roast marshmallows on a cold winter’s night!

Axis H1600 XXL Double Sided

Our grandest and largest Double-Sided Fireplace, the Axis 1600XXL DS, is the largest double-sided fireplace in Australia and the southern hemisphere reaching an amazing 1.7-meter viewing space on both sides; this beautifully designed double-sided fireplace can be used as a central heating appliance and transfer the heat to other rooms in the house and make the most out of the generous heat output.

With such a large space, this luxury fireplace has phenomenal heat retention due to its high quality 60mm hand-assembled kiln fired bricks interlocking firebricks, allowing the fireplace to heat both rooms very quickly without any fan assistance. With up to 30kW* heat output, this stunning feature can heat up to 300m^2*!

These outstanding double-sided wood heaters are the perfect addition to any home as they heat and provide for two stunning room features. Double the view, double the glamour with grand double sided fireplaces such as these.

** Heating capacities and heating outputs are tested against Australian heating regulations and requirements, these figures are tested to run most efficiently in 6 star rated homes**