How to Elevate Your Home With a Built-in Fireplace Wall

Are you thinking of adding a fireplace to your living room? Right now, the concept of a built in fireplace wall is trending. The sleek minimalistic look is all the rage right now. This means having your fireplace built-in and camouflaged into your home can help you achieve the popular modern look many are going for. Having this type of fireplace not only enhances the aesthetics of your house but also adds value to the resale cost of your home and hides the not-so-pretty things like vents. Achieving your dream home is always important to homeowners. Adding a fireplace to your living room can create many benefits for your home. That can include the welcoming feeling your guests will have when entering your living area or even the feeling of being guaranteed an easier and higher resale value in the future.

How Does This Enhance Aesthetics?

Symmetry, minimalism, and customization all play a huge role in how a built-in fireplace wall can help elevate the aesthetics of your living room. Building this type of fireplace allows you to customize the area how you like it. Picking out whether you want a TV above the fireplace, have bookshelves surrounding it, or leave the wall flat are some of the few options available to you. Most homeowners choose to have the built in fireplace wall create symmetry in the living room. This helps divide the area up equally to avoid any awkward spaces that are hard to work with. Since minimalism is the craze right now, the majority of these fireplaces being built either have a simple shelving system beside either side of the fireplace or no shelving at all and just an area for artwork. The best part about these fireplaces is that you get to choose what caters to your interests more. If minimalism isn’t your thing, don’t be afraid to choose the style that matches you best. Whether your style is rustic, chic, modern, or boho you can choose the options that fit your home. Customization is a big key to an addition like this. Adding your own flare to the house truly makes it feel more like a home. An addition like this can help bring the other decor and furniture together to create a more cohesive effect in the room. The aesthetics of your home can be enhanced by things like cohesiveness, customization, and style. Built-in fireplace walls allow you to pull together these factors that will allow you to achieve your desired look. 

Customizations For Your Fireplace:

Having your own personal style is important to show when owning a home. Adding an addition like a built in fireplace wall can help your style pop in your living room. As mentioned, there are so many different styles of homes and whichever one fits you and your family best is what matters. Simple things like picking out colors of paint, whether you want prick or not, choosing shelving, artwork, or deciding on symmetry are all key factors in making your area stand out. When working with this type of fireplace you have total freedom in what you choose. Since it does not stick out and become the center of attention you have a ton of options available to you. In the past homeowners have had to work around the bulkiness and colors of the classic fireplace. Now you get to make the living room the way you want it. You don’t have to fight with the clashing of textures from the bricks or awkward shapes the fireplace sussed to come with. You have complete freedom of your space. Another customization many don’t think about is being able to pick whether or not you want a gas or wood-burning fireplace. Built-in fireplace walls give you either option. Depending on which type of fireplace you pick, you will be able to hide the not-so-pretty things like vents. This is important when you are focused on the design of your fireplace and living room. Things like vents don’t typically work well when trying to achieve the aesthetic you are going for. Knowing that if you choose this type of fireplace assures you that you can hide the things you don’t want to look at every day and create the vibe you want for your home. 

Additional Resale Value

Over the years trends come and go. We have seen people take out the bulky but once popular fireplaces from the 1990s-2000s. Homeowners started taking out these classic fireplaces because of how large, awkward, and hard it was to clean the brick. Now we are replacing the once-popular brick fireplaces with built in fireplace walls. Potential buyers are more likely to choose a house with a fireplace that is not the center of attention. The sleek built-in fireplaces aren’t the main point of the room like they used to be. Nowadays they blend in with the rest of the living room making it easier to work around and design. Fireplaces have a natural homey ambience to them so when a future homeowner sees one they like the likelihood of them choosing your home increases. If you are looking to sell your home in the future you should think about investing in a built-in fireplace wall. Your family can enjoy the homey feeling it brings while also knowing you are guaranteed a higher resale value of your home.

How We Can Help Out At Valley Chimney With Your New Built-in Fireplace Wall

Here at Valley Chimney, we specialize in all things fireplace and chimney. From sweeps to inspections to installations, we have you covered. We understand the importance of making your house feel like home. To achieve that warm cozy atmosphere you may want to consider adding a fireplace. If you decide to install a built-in fireplace wall contact us to do the maintenance, restorations, or sweeps you may need on your new fireplace and chimney!