Not every family has the opportunity to enjoy a Christmas holiday in a country house with a fireplace. It is dangerous to have it in an apartment, and besides, it is quite expensive. But it doesn't matter, because you can make with your own hands and let the fire not burn in it, but it will definitely bring the feeling of a holiday in the house.
To make a false fireplace, you need only a few components: cardboard, decoration material and glue with scissors or a cutter.
Before starting work, you should decide on a place for installation. It looks advantageous under the TV, in the corners of rooms and in the kitchen. It can also organically fit into the space near the Christmas tree.
Having measured a niche in the wall, or a shelf under the TV, that is, the place where the fireplace will stand, we get its dimensions. To make it bulky, fold the edges of the cardboard. The hole can be made traditional semicircular, or modern square, or you can not limit your imagination and make any shape and diameter.
Next, cardboard or plywood is pasted over with material. The most budget-friendly option is gift wrapping paper. It is inexpensive, and the prints are completely different and you can choose one that will imitate a real brick one. Bulky wallpaper with brickwork print is also available. The protruding details will help create the feeling of a real fireplace.
You can coat the false fireplace with putty, deliberately carelessly, and then paint over it with a sponge for washing dishes, applying it with light movements, thereby creating a sputtering effect, for example, golden paint.
The joints should be hidden by the decor and well glued to the wall to give the impression of a solid structure.
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When it comes to decor, there are thousands of options. The most popular ones are:
- Decorating candlesticks are placed on top, the fireplace itself is pasted over, or with the help of a staple gun, Christmas or pine branches are attached to it. Artificial snow can be sprayed on top for a fabulous look. Cotton wool is placed in the opening of the fireplace and electric candles are hidden among it, which gives the impression of embers in the snow.
- Fireplace of Santa Claus. For such a decor, traditional gift socks are needed, which are attached to a ribbon or rope and hung on the front wall of the fireplace. Inside it are tall red electric candles.
- The fireplace looks very beautiful, decorated like a snow cap. For this, cotton wool or pillow filler is suitable. A transparent garland with blue LEDs is attached around the perimeter. And in the hole of the fireplace you can put a red garland. Such a contrast will grab attention and create the feeling of an unreal fairy-tale portal to another world.
When using, do not forget about safety. After all, garlands and real candles can set fire to the details of the fireplace and there will be a fire. You can't leave it with candles and garlands burning on it. Safety comes first!
