How to Build Indoor Artificial Fireplaces
Adding an indoor artificial fireplace to your home is the perfect way to make your home warm and inviting. For a more natural looking fireplace, build your artificial fireplace on a central wall where a builder would have placed a real fireplace.
What You'ill Need
- Mantle
- Paint
- Sandpaper
- Stud finder
- Pencil
- Electric drill
- Wallpaper
- Wood screws
- Bricks
- Scissors
- Measuring tape
- Bricks
- Fire screen
- Fireproof tray
- Candles
- Locate the studs in the wall where you wish to install your mantle.
- Mark the location of the studs with a pencil. Place the marks high enough so they can be seen when the mantle is in place.
- Place the mantle against the wall and mark an outline of where the framework should be placed.
- Drill small pilot holes through the bottom sides and top corners of the mantle.
- Screw the mantle into the wall using the wood screws.
- Measure the mantle’s inside opening where the actual fireplace would be located.
- Cut the wallpaper to fit the opening adding ¼ inch to all sides.
- Mount the wallpaper to the wall according to the instructions for the type of wallpaper you purchased.
- Form the hearth of the fireplace by setting the bricks into position at the base of the mantle. The bricks should go out between 12 to 18 inches and should measure around 24 inches wide.
- Place a small decorative fire screen to set on the bricks.
- Add a fireproof tray and candles in the artificial fireplace to create the appearance of a fire.