Christmas at Home begins with the tree and the fireplace… so Chesney’s has decorated this gorgeous fireplace from its brand new collection for this happy season.

A beautiful fireplace really comes into its own as the focal point of a room at Christmas and throughout the year; like a tree, it welcomes decoration and adornment!

The feel-good factor of a real fire can’t be underestimated, particularly during the short days of winter, whether watching a movie or relaxing with friends.

The Navarre fireplace featured is a new addition to the Chesney’s French collection; carved in statuary marble in the rococo style. Priced at £2275+VAT.

Shown here with forged steel fire-dogs (£375 + VAT) and forged steel fire basket (£350 + VAT).

Here are Chesney’s 5 key tips for decorating your mantle for Christmas:

• 1. The key to decorating your mantel is to complement the fireplace with your decorations rather than dominate it.
  2. It is essential that the mirror above is in harmony with the fireplace both in terms of size and style.
  3. A French design, such as The Navarre, is best suited to bright colours and materials such as roses, silver baubles and crystal candle sticks with arranged greenery positioned centrally on the mantel.
  4. Surrounds in much darker material, such as Chesney’s Wessex Colection in St. Augustine marble, can carry far richer decorations. Red and gold are the key colours, which can be translated via red roses and gold accessories.
  5. Take into account the function and furnishings in the room, to ensure that its formality or otherwise is matched in the decorations.

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Tel: (020) 7627 1410

Although a much-abused term, the concept of a ‘classic’ piece of design is entirely valid; true classics can be defined by their ability to sit happily in many different settings - secure in the quality of their own design.

Fireplaces are a great example of the need for classic pieces and After The Antique has an excellent collection of designs, which work just as well in contemporary surroundings as in traditional interiors. 

The essence of their success is simplicity of line, correct proportions and the quality of both the stone and the stonemasonry. 

Featured here is just one of the company’s superb choice of classic fireplaces:

The Gothic Revival Fireplace (shown in white marble) Priced from £4,100.

Standard mantel length is 1526mm; or sized to order on special commission (Also available in limestone.)

After The Antique is a traditional stonemasonry company, whose skilled craftsmen will hand carve virtually any interior or exterior decorative element in solid natural stone.  This means anything from a fireplace, urn or statue, to an orangery or garden temple.

Web: http://www.aftertheantique.com
Tel:  (01366) 327 210

The Jane Churchill collection for Chesney’s is the first for several years to incorporate decorative carving as an important and intrinsic part of fireplace design.

Jane Churchill is one of the country’s leading interior designers. Her taste is eclectic, mixing the contemporary and the classical with ease.

The Ebury Fireplace in the finest statuary marble is a refined and understated design, displaying delicately executed acorn and oak leaf carving inspired by the English countryside.

This design has similar foliate carving to The Eaton Fireplace in the same range, and is equally attractive, but simpler and finer.

Retail Price £934.

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tel: (020) 7627 1410

Chesney’s, the well known supplier of classical and period fireplaces have been scouring the world looking for beautiful new types of stone for their range of fireplaces.

In the remote mountainous province of Hebei in China, they have found two unusually coloured and beautiful types of marble: St Augustine Marble which is black, and the yellow Giallo Treviso marble.

These exotic marbles have never been used in the production of European fireplaces before, so to have your fireplace carved in this material by Chesney’s is to own something truly exclusive.

Chesney’s can carve all of its existing designs in either of the two new marbles, and the price remains the same as for a standard marble fireplace.

The Regence fireplace carved in The Regence in Giallo Treviso Marble (pictured) costs - £2,056

web: http://www.chesneys.co.uk
tel: (020) 7627 1410