Our house has a family room that is primarily walled by double-pane windows. It also has an old-fashioned, open-hearth brick fireplace that goes floor to ceiling. The brickwork extends to the outside ...

For many homeowners, fireplaces have become the nice china of home features: dusted off only for special occasions. Although attractive, they are messy to operate, and that homey glow they produce ...

Q. We love to use our brick fireplace in the living room, but it makes the rest of the house cold. Our heating bills already are too high. What simple things can I do to make the fireplace more ...

There’s nothing quite like the warmth of a roaring fire to cozy up your living room—both literally and figuratively. But not everyone is lucky enough to have a working fireplace. And if yours happens ...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire in your wood-burning fireplace are wonderful until your heating bill arrives. Then you ...