Improve Your Home With Napoleon Fireplace Inserts
Napoleon fireplaces or ones like them have been part of the human experience for hundreds of years. From simple middle-class homes, to modern millionaire mansions, quality Napoleon fireplaces have brought in both heat as well as beauty into their owners lives.
And no where can you find both beauty and heating efficiency combined in such an effective package as with these fireplaces. These fireplaces first started out in a small 1000 square foot shop in Barrie, Ontario, Canada by a steel fabricator named Wolfgang Schroeter in 1976.
No one could have guessed that this small shop with such humble beginning would grow and become one the leading makers of high-end fireplaces, heath parts and logs in North America. In 1981 the first products under the Napoleon fireplace label were made with a revolutionary high temperature ceramic glass door, the first ones like it in the industry.
The Difference Between Napoleon Fireplaces And Fireplace Inserts.
A fireplace is basically wood or gas fire places that is either made from masonry (brick, stone, etc.) or is factory-built. All quality factory-built fireplaces have zero-clearance. Zero clearance means the external casing has been made so that the unit can safely be placed in close proximity to burnable materials.
A fireplace insert is basically a heating appliance that is made to be installed within an existing fireplace without the added cost of a major room remodel or a fireplace renovation. Napoleon fireplace inserts can be retro-fitted into most wood-burning fireplaces at a fraction of the cost of a new one.
Selecting Fireplaces to Match Your Home’s Atmosphere
A fireplace by its very nature provides the homeowner with an opportunity to create a dramatic focal point in any room. A room can be easily decorated using the natural style of the fireplace or the fireplaces insert design, the items you arrange on the mantel piece, decorative fireplace screens or the surrounding hearth.
You can also change how a fireplace appears by the way you place furniture alongside it as well as the finishing of the fireplace’s facing and the color of the walls that surround it.
Think of your room as a stage with you as both dramatic director and set designer. Your Napoleon fireplace can be either the starring lead or just a member of the supporting cast, depending on your choice of personal style and the overall design of the room itself.
The first step in developing your “stage” is to decide if your fireplace has star quality. Any of the many models of Napoleon fireplaces will automatically be eye catching, allowing you to easily design your room around it.
When choosing your fireside style, you should trust in your own instincts. Most homeowners while not trained interior designers do have an innate intuition of what colors, what types of styles and themes best please their senses, provide relaxation and give them a feeling of comfort.
Once you have chosen the right Napoleon fireplaces or inserts for your home, designing the rest your room should be easy!
