With the price of home heating fuel skyrocketing, you might be thinking of alternative ways to keep warm this winter. The last decade has brought amazing advances in fireplaces and stoves powered by ...

This wintry week surprised Southern California with shape-shifting clouds hitched to chilly wind, rain in the valleys, snow in the mountains -- just right for a cozy Valentine’s Day spent corralled ...

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Modern homes tend not to use wood-burning fireplaces as the main source of heat. However, many home buyers still desire them for the sense of warmth and coziness they provide. One of the most common ...

It’s elemental, the attraction to fire, with its dynamic, shape-shifting flames and warmth. This is why homebuyers are so enamored — like moths to a flame, so to speak — to fireplaces, which often ...

Many of us can recall those brutal days when, in the name of modernity, some homeowners began chucking out their old fireplaces and removing awkward chimney breasts to create contemporary spaces with ...

There are a number of things to think about when looking for a fireplace to replace you existing one or add ambiance to the home. Indoor fireplaces heat using a form of gas (natural or propane), ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Wood-burning heaters — including modern pollution-fighting wood stoves — will not be permitted in new homes built in the Bay Area starting next fall, as part of a first-in-the-nation ...