Updating an outdated fireplace without a full demo involves covering existing materials and replacing easy-to-replace elements. Painting or skimcoating your fireplace's surface can totally transform ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

The Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency is accepting grant applications for its wood-burning stoves change-out program. “This grant can help people replace their inefficient, smoky, old wood stoves,” ...

Electric fireplace inserts are energy-efficient and, as I know from personal experience, relatively easy to install. These popular electric room heaters also have a range of user-friendly features.

For many homeowners, fireplaces have become the nice china of home features: dusted off only for special occasions. Although attractive, they are messy to operate, and that homey glow they produce ...

Bay Area residents have another chance at a $600 rebate if they replace wood-burning fireplaces with gas stoves or fireplace inserts, and it might be easier to qualify for the money this time. The Bay ...

It’s elemental, the attraction to fire, with its dynamic, shape-shifting flames and warmth. This is why homebuyers are so enamored — like moths to a flame, so to speak — to fireplaces, which often ...