The hottest fireplace designs for 2012

Stylish ideas for warming your home this winter chosen by Jane Ramsay

‘Make more use of the fire by adding a fireside chair or beautiful fender stool. These stools not only look attractive and serve many purposes from resting your feet on to utilising as a coffee table, but they can also be a way of refreshing your room and lifting it with a little colour or design and be the starting point for your New Year update.’
Emma Bell, designer at Anna Morgan

A Georgian design Tulipwood chimney-piece from Robert Aagaard. Prices from £1,000 to £10,000

Contemporary design highly efficient gas fire from Robert Aagaard. Prices from £1,000 to £10,000

Wing chair £849 plus fabric from Anna Morgan

Bespoke dancing flame gas appliance £3,650 from Artisan Fireplaces

The Wharfe Opulent Heritage £3877 (for showroom sizes) Natural Yorkshire Stone Fireplaces individually made for you. Available from Calder Masonry

Traditional Inglenook with stove £1,395 Artisan Fireplaces

Bespoke Studio 3, limestone, travertine or granite fireplace with fully sequential remote control gas fire, £3,205 fully fitted (subject to survey) from Yorkshire Fireplace Company