Tips and ideas for more storage space in the fireplace design

You want to win in your living room with fireplace, more storage space and storage space? Here are some ideas that are suitable for such cases. Just around the fireplace around, the place is often not sufficiently practical used. You can change this by using the following practical rules quickly and effectively. They are usually easier to integrate than you can possibly imagine.

Do you have a living room fireplace?

Modern design and functionality

May be, that the wall fireplaces with mantels as compared to the built-in cover more area, but at the same time, they provide a seamless look.  This is in a small setting of great importance. Also, the Mantel serves as a shelf and side can incorporate shelves or other installation units.

Focuses on the Mantel

All fireplace designs, the design of the overlying wall is quite tricky. Open shelves are what there good work. You can get a completely different role in the room depending on the equipment: on request, they disappear from the point of view or stand out particularly as colorful accents.

Open shelf units above the fireplace

DIY car for firewood

Before you start with the design of the integrated storage area around the fireplace around, you should collect new again the entire apartment design. The effort required for the setting up of the area around the fire place around your real needs should be adapted: two shelves are sufficient or need more space?  Wide, but empty space is not the best solution.

Need still additional storage space and how much?

Draw different installation methods in consideration. There are different ways you can decide between them. Built-in shelves, or  Seating niches and shelves can be installed in the wall. The other possibility would be that they are housed in a panel at the same time including the fireplace.

Choose the appropriate installation method

What type of order do you actually prefer, or which writes better in your design? You can make the installation units in the background of realisations disappear by you making these totally symmetric. However there already dominate the straight lines and clear shapes, you can provide a momentum in the region, however, irregularly arranged furniture. Acting individually, depending on what your contemporary room design just requests.

Do you prefer a balanced or prefer an asymmetrical arrangement?

If your fireplace has a base, you can also effectively use the area between it and the ground.  There you can place materials, which you need for the fireplace.

This part of the fireplace designs, think always a few steps in advance: you should leave space for customization and extension.

Use of the area under the fireplace

The mix & match principle

When setting up units within the fireplace designs the best mix & match you will be principle particularly useful. Don’t leave this out, because it is often the best means of achieving a according to customized look.

Hide the storage space

If you prefer the absolutely clean look, can hide of course also the storage space from the point of view. In closed cabinets help very much.

Choose the right materials

A large part of the successful fireplace design makes the search for appropriate materials and textures. These should complement the remaining interior design or perfectly comply with it.

Modern living room furniture with Dekokamin