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Use a Fireplace Screen to Add Beauty to Your House
Wed 28 Oct 2009 - 11:11
Use a Fireplace Screen to Add Beauty to Your House
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Katy_Timberlake]Katy Timberlake
Fireplaces are one of the most welcoming, friendly aspects to any home, luring families in to sit together in front of the warm glow. Besides offering simple warmth, they support an atmosphere that brings people together. Along with the beautiful workings of fireplaces themselves, fireplace screens can be added to enhance the luxurious look of the fireplaces. Made from a variety of materials, these fireplace screens are great for enhancing your fireplace's beauty as well as keeping your home safe.
Fireplaces are made to burn wood, provide heat, and allow the resulting smoke to exit the home safely. However safe the fireplaces are made to be, however, they do sometimes emit sparks or hot embers that may cause fire to property or injury to people nearby. Fireplace screens are created to prevent any such incidents from occurring, by protecting your home from loose ash or soot that may be caused by drafty windows or open doors.
These screens are made out of many different materials, and some of the most beautiful screens are not new and modern styles, but sturdy, antique metal designs. These screens are often inspired by Victorian fireplaces that were created in the image of village scenery, or offering artistic, natural-inspired styles, depicting an array of animals, including deer and birds. The artwork on the screens is truly creative and offers serene, glowing scenes when fires are lit, allowing the light from the flames to illuminate the shapes of the screens.
Just like any other antique item, antique fireplace screens may be difficult to find in stores, or finding exact replicas. A great way to get that antique look is to find a supplier that can duplicate the fine finish of antique screens, creating a new screen with the metal polish. Not only does this provide you with an antique-looking screen, but also a screen that fits with the rest of your modern décor.
Features of Antique Screens
They can be made of iron, wrought iron, brass, copper, and other metals. Most antique screens you'll come across contain mesh panels and scrollwork and are polished nicely to reflect the handcrafted depictions of life of the screens. Some screens may have as many as four foldable panels, but that is all dependant on the width and size of the fireplace and screen used.
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