DIY Faux Fireplace Ideas for Christmas
How to Make a Faux Fireplace
In our home we have a gas fireplace that I really enjoy decorating for each season. I had no fireplace for 20 plus years and regret that I never thought of making a faux fireplace. Faux fireplaces look simple to put together and are with a great tutorial. Once built you will have a mantel and can decorate the inside with candles, lights, wood, or a Christmas scene.
The best part of faux fireplaces is you don’t need to put in piping or a chimney, you built the pretty front as a decor item and for as little as we use our fireplace a faux one would serve us just as well.
This is my decorated mantel from last year’s Christmas Home Tour. I love the sparkle.
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Faux Fireplace Tutorials
As you can imagine faux fireplaces come in all types of shapes, styles and sizes. For this collection I chose posts with various styles but made sure each one came with a complete tutorial. It is my sincere hope that if you have been dreaming of a mantel for this Christmas that you build yourself one.
The Ana White blog is my go to resource for DIY construction plans.
Faux Fireplace with Hidden Storage Cabinets – Ana White
This fireplace is so bright and the moulding detail is beautiful. Its adds coziness to the room and you can see how lovely the mantel is to decorate. It’s perfection in my opinion.
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Faux Fireplace with Hearth by Makeit-Loveit
This next fireplace is traditional with the moulding It has 45-degree corners on the moulding so it will take some cutting skills and patience to fit the moulding, but oh so worth it.
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The making of a Faux Fireplace by Woodshopdiaries
Storage is always a wonderful thing. Imagine having these drawers to store the different seasonal decor for the mantel so handy.
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Shiplap Faux Fireplace by Handmade Haven
This fireplace has such nice clean lines. The front wide portion is so clear and is begging for a banner.
This fireplace was created for $100, how amazing is that. It’s more modern than the other examples and I love how tall it is.
Faux Shiplap Fireplace by Deeply Southern Home
It’s really hard to believe that this fireplace isn’t real brick. The way it was built is ingenious,
DIY Fake Brick Fireplace by Woodshopdiaries
This last faux fireplace is the largest. I love how it goes right to the ceiling, Its the largest of the collection and in my opinion the most realistic looking.
DIY Faux Fireplace by Blesserhouse
Make a Faux Fireplace as a Christmas Project
This time of year is busy but so is most of the year. Taking on a project is daunting in October but having a mantel and candles or lights in wood would be so wonderful for Christmas and winter season.
Let me know if I have tempted you to create one of your own. I certainly hope so.
Some great looking faux fireplace.
You have come up with an awesome roundup.
Thanks for this cool share. 🙂
What a great round-up! I really enjoyed seeing all the creativity that others have come up with. I am so grateful to have a fireplace and mantel. We don’t use the fireplace, which is why I fill it with candles, but I truly appreciate having a mantel, and being able to dress it up whenever the mood strikes!
So true Kristine. My two favorite parts of my home is the mantel and the front porch. The working fireplace is secondary.
The shiplap fireplace is awesome! I haven’t seen faux fireplaces before, pretty cool!
I had not though of one when I needed one. I thought sharing a roundup may inspire some people to make one for the holidays. Glad to hear it inspired you.
I’ve been dreaming of a faux fireplace mantel to decorate for the longest time! I have a real fireplace, but it’s not functioning and doesn’t have a mantel and is in such an awkward angle that it’s impossible to put a mantel. The struggle is real, lol.. just kidding. I’m glad to see your ideas here, such beautiful mantels Leanna! Thanks for the inspiration!
I think I know of the type of fireplace your referring to. My son had one but of course he didn’t care about a pretty mantel, he just thought it was perfection for his big ole flatscreen TV.
These are stunning! I am slowly trying to redecorate my house in this farmhouse theme, and these are great inspirations!
Thank you very much for commenting. I think anyone of these is easily achievable especially given the tutorials for guidance.
I have a fireplace that is used once a year if that. The faux fireplaces are so lovely it makes me wonder why I thought I needed the real thing. The last two that you showed are very realistic.
These ideas are so cute! I’ve never thought about making a faux fireplace, but I can see why someone would want to now! Hope you are having a good week Leanna!
You have rounded up some beautiful ideas here Leanna! I so miss having a wood burning fireplace, we had one in two different houses over the course of ten years and now it feels awkward.. Maybe I should style a faux one, at least of the holidays so we can hang our stockings there instead of the stocking post I made two years ago:) Quite a bit of inspiration in this post:)
Thank you Milena. I lived in various apartments and duplexes while raising the boys. I never much missed the fireplace so much as the mantel. I wish I had thought of this in those days. I tried to find a variety to please most people.