Fireplace Screens

One of the most important products in the hearth industry is the fireplace screen. This fireplace accessory can provide comfort, beauty and charm to your home as well as functionality and is a needed addition to a traditional style fireplace. The most important reason for buying a fireplace screen is to safeguard your home from flying sparks caused by burning wood in the fireplace and when loading wood into an already burning wood fireplace. They are a perfect safety feature especially if you have kids or pets in your home. Also they do a great job at protecting your carpeted floors.  They’re especially useful on windy days when wind can come down the chimney and blow sparks into the room from the burning fireplace.

Not only are fireplace screens important for safety, they also make great decorative accessories. Most fireplace screens are constructed of heat resistant materials and often creatively and artistically designed. The screens available today are available in a variety of different styles ranging from traditional, antique, contemporary and homemade. The screens can be constructed from many different materials and some of the common finishes include copper, bronze iron, pewter, and antique brass. Some of the most common fireplace screen materials are wrought iron, glass, metal, brass and fire-retardant clothe. Some feature a full mesh covering, while other wrought iron styles have large spaces between the decorative iron.

One common design for a fireplace screen consists of stained glass. These can make amazing looking decorative colors because of the light shining through the colors in the stained glass. If you are interested in this type of fireplace screen make sure you get one with a lighted base. The extra light coming from low voltage bulbs will add an even more dazzling effect to your room. Another common design is the wrought iron screens. These can come with either a fine wire mesh to block the wayward cinders or no wire mesh and only used to block people or pets from getting to close to the fire.

Also look for other fireplace accessories as part of a fireplace screen set. The utensils such as firewood holders and tool sets such as a broom, shovel, poker, tongs and the stand can make a great addition to your home especially if they match the fireplace screen.