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A house is much more than just a collection of rooms. Here’s everything that goes into making your house a home.

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12 Best Indoor Fireplace Tools and Accessories

The right fireplace accessories and tools will help you build and maintain a safe and beautiful roaring fire all winter long!

How to Resurface Your Fireplace

From dull and dated to modern masterpiece in one weekend.

What Animal May Be Living in My Chimney (And How Do I Get Rid of It)?

If noises from your chimney have you wondering what's going on in there, you could...

How to Clean a Chimney

Cleaning tips for a wood-burning fireplace chimney.

Vintage Family Handyman Project: Modernizing a Fireplace (Then and Now)

In honor of our 70th anniversary, we recreated one of our earliest projects.

Prepare Your Wood-Burning Fireplace for Winter

Before you light up those logs this winter, make sure you properly prepare your wood-burning...

How to Inspect a Wood Burning Fireplace Yourself

Learn before you burn.

How to Repair a Gas Fire Pit

How to inspect and fix your gas fire pit.

How to Clean a Gas Fireplace

Important annual gas fireplace maintenance.

What to Know About Chimineas

A terracotta or metal chiminea stove can provide a warm, attractive and socially distanced gathering...

What to Know Before Hiring a Chimney Sweep

Two key benefits of hiring a chimney sweep? Safety and savings. We'll walk you through...

Does My Fireplace Need a Damper?

Every fireplace needs a damper to let out smoke and gases and to keep out...

8 Best Fireplace Draft Stoppers

Fireplace draft stoppers come in many forms, but they all have one thing in common:...

Why You Need to Check Your Chimney Before You Cozy Up to the Fireplace

It's that time of year again! If you have a fireplace, here's a quick way...

11 Best Outdoor Fireplace and Fire Pit Accessories

Make the most of your backyard fire pit or outdoor fireplace with these fun, convenient...

10 Things You Should Never Burn in Your Fireplace

Resist the temptation to burn anything in your fireplace but firewood — particularly garbage. You...

Fireplace Cleaning: When to Clean a Chimney Flue

How often to remove creosote to prevent chimney fires and do a fireplace cleaning.

Tips for Buying Firewood

Whether you’re looking for wood to burn in a fireplace, wood stove or backyard fire...

Top Tips for Starting a Fire in the Fireplace

Avoid any meeting of the minds during the holidays as you build a fire in...

10 Ways to Heat Your House in an Emergency

If your electricity is out for a while in the colder months, you need a...

How to Decorate a Fireplace Mantel for Thanksgiving

Make your home extra cozy this Thanksgiving. Here are our top tips for beautiful mantel...

Noisy Gas Fireplace Blower? Here’s How to Replace it

A professional fireplace service company charges about $400 to do the job (parts and labor)....

Do it right, do it yourself!

Reader Project: Fantastic Fireplace Surround

Building a fireplace surround is simpler than you think

13 Steps on How to Use a Fireplace Safely

While a wood-burning fireplace adds warmth and comfort to a home during the colder months,...

How to Make a Modern Outdoor Fireplace

It’s surprisingly easy to build—and portable, too.

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