The Elegance of the Marble Fire Place

I believe nothing says class like having a marble fireplace. It does not necessarily mean the owner has class. I just believe adding this type of fireplace to your home presents a type of class along with an elegant appearance. The elegance of course depends on the level of detail placed into the designing your fireplace and mantel.  Having this type of fireplace in your home should represent an aurora of luxury living and decoration.  This type of fire place needs to fit the home. A white marble fire place would most likely fit into the log cabin out in the woods. Designing and planning is essential before installing a fire place made of this type of stone. The person delivering the fireplace will most likely ask several questions and some of these questions and thing that should be considered are listed below. However, before buying or hiring a basic question is:

 What’s the best Marble fireplace?

 It is difficult to say which the best fire place is because ultimately the best is always subjective to a person’s opinion. You can not just say that one particular artist is the best artist in the world. You will always have conflicting opinions on who is the best as well as how you should judge the best. So, the person looking for a home with a fireplace or wanting to have a marble fire place in their home should consider several factors. 

What design factors should be considered before your purchase?

• Do you want a solid marble fireplace?
• What color do you want your marble fireplace (red, white, black)?
• Do you only want to cover your existing fireplace in marble tile?
• Do you need to or do you want to have your marble fire place designed?
• What design do you want for your fire place?
• What is the cost of the marble fire place?

The size of the fireplace:

Overall Height

Shelf Length

Shelf Depth

Body width

Opening width

Opening height

Header Height

Considering the Marble Mantel:

A marble Mantel can cost several thousand dollars. As example I was researching Marble fireplaces and came across the “renaissance #300 Italian Marble Mantels. The mantle cost over 10K but looked spectacular. As I said earlier marble brings a sense of elegance because of the price and detail and outward expression.