The Contemporary Electric Fireplace...
Stylish & Convenient!

A contemporary electric fireplace is a stylish and convenient alternative to the more conventional gas and wood burning fireplaces . . . . .

A great way to update the  look  and  feel  of  any
room, the installation of an  electric fireplace  pro-
vides a quick and cost-effective  means  of  giving
your home's interior a face-lift without spending  a
small fortune or dealing with the construction mess
and delays typically associated with a home remod-
eling project.

Easy  to  install, it can generally be
up and running within minutes.   All that's  needed  is  a  standard  120
volt electrical outlet to plug into, a quick  turn  of  the  dial to the "On" position, and WAL-LAH! . . . . . . . . instant heat and "flames!"

This  is  possible because most mod-
els  are   completely  self-contained
and  available  either  as  wall-hung units  that  can  simply  be hung on
the  wall  like a picture frame,  such
as  the  striking contemporary exam-
ple at right,  or  portable  freestand-
ing  designs  such  as  the  example pictured  below  left.     Even those
models  designed  to  be partially re-
cessed into the wall,  such  as  that pictured  in the example below right, can generally be  installed  in  a  rel-

Following  are  more  examples of portable freestanding designs.     Though all  are  contemporary  in  style,  each  is distinctive and uniquely different from the others.  For example, the design pictured below left (top row) has a raised hearth with a lighted recess, while the example at  right  rests  on the floor and has a European style,  vertically oriented firebox  opening.  In the  bottom  row  at  left,  the  soft amber glow in the sculpted recess be-
hind  the  firebox  frame is achieved with cleverly concealed lighting.     My personal  favorite,  pictured at bottom right,  extends  the  graceful  curve of  the  elegant fire grate to both legs of the mantelpiece.

The  two  wall-hung  units pictured below have face plates or firebox sur-
rounds that project from the wall to conceal the source of the illumination from behind.

While the following wall mounted models don't rely
on concealed lighting from behind for dramatic ef-
fect,  their uniquely distinctive forms make a pow-
erful design statement!

And finally,  though the built-in ex-
amples pictured at right and below
lack  the portability of most of the electric   designs  pictured  above,
their  more  permanent or "fixed in place"  positioning lends more real-
ism,  similar to gas and wood burn-
ing designs.     In addition to sleek stainless  steel surrounds to frame
the  "fire,"  as  shown  below,  the
striking  design pictured at bottom features a beautiful natural marble surround.

For  more  information about any of the electric fireplaces pictured here, please let us know and we'll be hap-
py to provide it for you.

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