7 Unique Fireplace Design Ideas for Your Minnesota Home

A unique fireplace provides a focal point in a room — it’s an entrancing design element that combines form and function. While all fireplaces provide warmth and a place to gather around with friends and family, exceptional fireplace designs built by custom home builders in the Twin Cities leave a lasting impression.

When your Minnesota home has a unique fireplace unlike anything your guests have ever seen before, it brings your whole design together in a memorable way. Read on to see some great fireplace design ideas you may have never considered for your Minnesota custom-built rooms.

Great Fireplace Design Ideas

Room Divider

Your fireplace can serve double duty when it opens up to two separate rooms. By positioning a hearth as an opening in a dividing wall, people in both spaces can gather around the flames. Here are some ideas for fireplaces between rooms:

Living Room/Dining Room

Enjoy a meal and follow it with a movie, all while enjoying the same fire.

Office/Great Room

Create the perfect gathering spots for family and friends and home office meetings with two rooms that allow people to choose their activity, while sharing a fire.

Pillar

Sometimes you want to preserve the views to the exterior of your home, so placing the fireplace in the center of the room makes sense. A fireplace in this nontraditional location creates the opportunity for a unique furniture setup.

Two-Sided

A pillar fireplace with openings on two sides functions much like a room dividing fireplace. The openings serve as viewing areas, and the unused sides of the pillar help to direct foot traffic.

Three-Sided

A three-sided fireplace within a room pillar offers the perfect place to bring a larger group of people together. No matter where you are in the room, you’re sure to feel the warmth from the fire and the people around you.

Elevated

Elevated fireplaces provide warmth in a way that is safer for kids and pets. Here are a couple ways to utilize the space surrounding your elevated fireplace:

For Technology Equipment

Use the space above the mantel to mount your television and hide the components within the cabinetry.

For Cabinetry

Create a display space and store everything from books to kids’ toys using cabinets and shelves surrounding your fireplace.

Shapes and Styles to Impress

One way to make your Minnesota home’s fireplace unique is by incorporating a nontraditional design to house your flames. With a custom-built home, the sky’s the limit on creativity.

Fireplace Fronts

Why settle for a standard rectangle front when an arch adds so much to your hearth? Shaped fronts with unique details add character to any room.

Materials and Shapes

Whether the style of your home is craftsman, traditional, modern, or another, it’s a great idea to use the fireplace design to accent your Minnesota homes’ rooms by using different complimenting materials. Think wood, stone, brick, ceramic, granite, or quartz materials, and design elements such as an elongated shaped fireplace opening, mantels and built-in cabinetry to create the feel you desire.

Get Planning

Ready to get a one-of-a-kind, unique fireplace in your Minnesota home? With so many fireplace designs and mantelpiece decoration ideas to choose from, you could spend an entire day (or longer) searching for one that fits your style.

Design is only one factor to consider when you’re comparing fireplace styles — the method you use to fuel your flames is just as important. Discover and compare the variety of fireplace fuel types in our blog post, “Picking the Perfect Fireplace.” When you gain an understanding of what you want out of your fireplace, it’s much easier to begin the planning process.

If you’re considering a customer home, our design experts are here to help you find a fireplace that fits perfectly into your dream home and make the process easy and fun. While we collaborate on your new home’s design, we’re happy to help you come up with some great ideas for your room’s fireplace, or help you understand what’s feasible in your Minnesota home’s space. Learn more about our design process before you move forward with a unique fireplace for your custom Minnesota home.