No matter the style of decor on your hearth, having the appropriate fireplace accessories can add the final touches of style and functionality. Plow & Hearth has an assortment of customer-approved, stylish hearth accessories that provide both practical and aesthetic advantages.

Keep logs and tools nearby with an elegant firewood basket that serves both as storage and decorative display, or choose an eye-catching mixed metal companion set to elevate your modern hearth.

Lava Rocks

Lava rocks are one of the more subtle yet effective landscape elements you can add to your yard to add visual contrast and depth. They serve as an ideal background that lets you highlight more vibrant features, like colorful plants or an eye-catching water feature. Plus, their dark moody colors and textural qualities offer a fantastic contrast against the pale minimalist earth tones often found in Japanese style gardens.

Lava rocks add texture to water and fire features beyond their aesthetic value, offering texture to both. Being porous means they absorb a great deal of moisture – perfect for water features that use lava glass or landscape fireglass as it reduces glare while at the same time protecting from scorching heat that could melt or disintegrate its surface.

Lava rock is an extremely durable and low maintenance option that’s often chosen in areas exposed to harsh elements, like xeriscapes. Lava rock helps retain moisture in the soil while also protecting against weed growth – something mulch does not. Furthermore, top-dress garden beds with it for texture that does not need replacing as frequently.

Spiritually, lava rock represents fire energy and represents both rebirth and practical restraint and balance. Wearing it is said to help one stay grounded with Mother Earth while remaining focused on their personal goals; making it an excellent stone to have when feeling overwhelmed or under pressure.

Fireglass

Modern fireplace accessories like fire glass have quickly become the preferred solution to faux logs or lava rocks, providing beautiful yet functional options. Commonly known by names such as crystals, beads and diamonds – fire glass is a tempered form of glass which withstands extreme temperatures without burning or melting under pressure – adding beauty and character to gas or wood-burning fireplaces or fire pits alike. Available in various colors and sizes – fire glass adds beautiful flair while being less of a cleaning chore than fake logs do compared to their counterparts – providing much cleaner options!

Portable wood storage racks or log carriers can make life much simpler for fireplace owners who wish to source firewood without incurring unnecessary hassle and expense. These convenient products allow users to easily transport logs from outside to inside with minimal fuss; many feature durable slings for convenient handling and use.

Other handy fireplace accessories include an ash bucket and set of fireplace tools. The latter is essential to tending the flames of your fire and minimizing risk from sparks or embers flying out and sparking nearby combustible materials, while high-quality tools will stand up longer against wear than cheaper versions.

Handheld bellows can be an essential addition to your fire, providing it with more oxygen and helping it remain lit. In addition, cast iron reflectors placed behind fireplace grate can push heat into the room more effectively. A chimney cap provides added protection by keeping rain, snow, and debris out of your chimney. In Archute.com, fireplace remodelling were discussed which can help you decide for your own home fireplace.

Hearth Rugs

Hearth rugs are both functional and decorative additions to any home, helping protect flooring in front of a fireplace from sparks and hot ashes, providing warmth and comfort to the area, as well as adding style by seamlessly connecting the fireplace space with other parts of the living room decor.

When purchasing a hearth rug, consider these qualities:

Material and Style

Hearth rugs come in an assortment of styles and materials. From natural materials like wool to sisal with fire retardant additives that allow it to withstand high foot traffic, there is something suitable for every home in terms of style and materials used to craft the rug.

Selecting a rug that complements the overall aesthetic and design is key. Many retailers provide an array of colors, sizes, and designs to accommodate any taste. When measuring for hearth size considerations to ensure you choose an adequate rug – usually by adding several inches more when measuring for hearth sizes – is best practice to ensure its coverage of entire hearth space.

Hearth rugs differ from traditional decorative throw rugs in that they’re constructed using heavy-duty flame resistant materials to ensure safety in front of fireplaces and wood stoves. Certified and tested to comply with federal flammability regulations, hearth rugs sit atop metal grates covering fireplace openings to shield combustible surfaces from sparks or hot coals that might escape through gaps between grates – this Burgundy Oriental hearth rug adds elegance and sophistication to your fireplace space!

Fireplace Screens

A fireplace screen is an essential accessory that brings safety and style to any hearth. From wood burning fires to gas ones, fireplace screens serve as an additional barrier between the fire and your home and protect it from falling logs, sparks and embers that might otherwise fall onto the floor of your hearth or into other rooms of your home. Furthermore, they keep curious children or pets away from hot glass or flames of wood-burning fires that could harm them.

There is an assortment of fireplace screens available in a wide range of styles and materials. Two main categories of screens are spark guard screens with no doors or those featuring more intricate designs; those featuring doors tend to match and complement your decor more perfectly while their convenient doors make loading logs or refueling gas fireplaces easier.

It is recommended that fireplaces screens provide a sleek aesthetic while giving an unobstructed view of your fireplace and fire. Fitting flush against your fireplace, these spark guards help prevent logs, ash, and embers from flying out into the room or falling from their place in the firebox – they also come in various sizes to suit most hearth openings.

Log holders and fire grates are two accessories to consider for your fireplace that can help organize and manage your firewood easily, as well as wood moisture meters which make testing the moisture content of cordwood easy.

Fire Starters

If you’re searching for more eco-friendly alternatives than crinkling up newspaper and cardboard to start fires, there are non-toxic portable fire starters on the market that offer non-toxic fire starting options. These natural and easy-to-use starters can be used in fireplaces, BBQ grills, campfires or outdoor fire pits and come in different shapes and sizes that meet specific requirements – from fireplace starters to BBQ grill starters with non-toxic chemicals that don’t emit an odor during use to odorless starters that make fire starting hassle free and safe even during food prep sessions!

One of the most popular choices available to firestarters today is comprised of natural ingredients like pine wood shavings and stearin, making these organic firestarters suitable for both indoors and outdoors use and boast an impressive burn time of 10 minutes. Plus, their waterproof protection makes them great for camping trips or other outdoor adventures!

Another alternative is a firestarter using plasma technology to quickly ignite dry tinder.