Outdoor Fireplace & Patio Pictures... Great Styles & Materi'ALS!
The fireplace and patio pictures featured here include a variety of styles . . . . .
. . . as well as a wide range of materials -- both singularly and in combination -- to cre- ate some very exciting and unique outdoor fireplace designs!
Pictured at left and above, right, is a handsome
natural stone
patio and fire- place design by Landscape Aesthetics, based in Bernardsville, New Jersey. It features a slightly arched firebox with a prominent
keystone
centered over the top of the opening.
The striking
Craftsman Style
outdoor patio fireplace that follows features a lovely
fieldstone
surround of varying size stones positioned randomly -- al- beit deliberately -- for great effect! Huge boulders form the hearth, while the mantel shelf is capped by small bricks with curved or rounded edges. For added contrast, the chimney that extends above the mantel shelf is clad with stucco and given a textured finish. A few strategically positioned stones are partially embedded in the stucco to break up the massing and provide even more visual interest.
The two patio pictures that follow feature outdoor fireplace designs which combine brick and stone for dramatic effect. The design pictured below, left, consists of a stone surround and mantel shelf with a brick overmantel and chimney. Note the decorative brickwork and panel just above the man- tel shelf.
Pictured below, right, is a striking
Rumford
fireplace from Superior Clay Cor- poration in Ohio. While the surround consists of stone, the firebox, itelf, is framed with brickwork. Extending above the brick mantel shelf is a brick chimney combined with beautifully contrasting stone work at the corners -- reminiscent of that used on English period revival homes during the 1920s and '30s in North America.
The handsome design that follows was created by Cornerstone Masonry in Boise, Idaho. Though essentially crafted from bricks, it features stone ac- cents around the firebox opening, as well as a stone-capped hearth and mantel shelf.
The outdoor fireplace designs pic- tured at right and below are made of
cultured stone.
The top of the arched firebox opening at right is framed by wedge shaped stones, or
voussoirs,
and a large keystone in the center.
Conversely, the striking cultured stone design that follows does not have an actual arched firebox opening. However, the stone work around the firebox is designed to simulate or give the illusion of an arched firebox opening. Other features of this design include a raised hearth with built-in seating, as well as decorative built-in storage areas for firewood.
The patio pictures at right and below feature outdoor fireplace designs made of
cast stone
that are more formal in style. The design at right also features a waterfall that cascades over the face of the firebox opening. Note the exotic motifs in the overmantel of this unique fireplace.
The focal point of the covered patio design that follows is a fireplace de- sign from AAA Cast Stone in Palmetto, Florida. It features built-in seating on either side of the hearth, as well as a recess above the mantel shelf for a flat screen TV.
The covered patio design at right features a soaring Kiva style fire- place. Its lightly colored adobe or stucco exterior contrasts nicely with the weather-worn wooden posts and ceiling timbers over- head.
And finally, the lovely Spanish Style fireplace that follows features a stucco exterior with colorful tiled accents around the firebox opening, as well as along the mantel shelves and the elaborate raised hearth design. The fire bricks lining the firebox interior are laid in an attractive herringbone pat- tern.
