🔥Decorative fireplace for the New Year: do-it-yourself festive comfort

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Not everyone has the opportunity to get a real fireplace, but this is not a reason to deprive yourself of the hope of sitting in the evening with your family by the fire. Modern materials allow you to build a fireplace for the New Year with your own hands, which will help create a particularly cozy and warm atmosphere of peace of mind in the house. We understand together with the editors of the useful online magazine homemaster.techinfolux.com/en/ in the instructions for creating a fireplace from scrap materials.

Do-it-yourself fireplace for the New Year will make the atmosphere truly festive

The content of the article

1 Everyone can handle: how to make a fireplace out of cardboard boxes
- 1.1 Do-it-yourself New Year's wall-mounted fireplace
  - 1.1.1 Instructions and tips
  - 1.1.2 Decoration and decoration
- 1.2 Making a corner fireplace made of cardboard with your own hands: the original design of the room
2 Lightness and sophistication from foam: how to make a white decorative fireplace for the New Year with your own hands
- 2.1 Instructions for work
- 2.2 How to decorate a Styrofoam fireplace
3 How to make a beautiful and durable wood plank imitation fireplace
- 3.1 Instructions and recommendations
4 Is it possible to make a false fireplace from old furniture
5 How to achieve imitation of a flame in a New Year's fireplace
6 Video: do-it-yourself cardboard fireplace

Everyone can handle: how to make a fireplace out of cardboard boxes

The simplest of which you can make an imitation of a hearth in the house is from cardboard boxes. Where do they get them? The stores are full of this stuff, and if you ask them for several broken and unnecessary boxes, then they will definitely share this material.

Do-it-yourself New Year's wall-mounted fireplace

The wall-mounted model is easiest to fit into the interior. The best part about such a homemade product is that it is easy to choose the size yourself. It is not necessary to strictly follow the size instructions in the step-by-step instructions: everyone has different apartments, so it will not be difficult to subtract or add a few centimeters at your discretion.

Instructions and tips

The work takes place in three stages. At the first stage, you need to prepare all the necessary tools and materials:

the right amount of cardboard from the boxes;
thermal gun with a set of glue sticks;
stationery knife and scissors;
drawing and a simple pencil;
acrylic white paint;
two packs of paper towels;
wide brush;
long ruler.

Let's grab a little more creative inspiration, a little patience, and watch an intelligible master class.

Illustration	Action Description
	This is an approximate drawing by the author of the work, indicating all values. Do not forget that you need to focus on your parameters. If you want a smaller fireplace, you need to proportionally reduce all the indicated values.
	We transfer all the values to the cardboard and draw the cut lines using a ruler and a pencil. Do not worry that the dimensions indicate the length of the strip of 5 m - it can be of any national team. If something is missing, it can be easily scaled up! Cut out all the required shapes.
	The result is an impressive pile of cut shapes.
	On one of the two wide rectangles, mark the size of the fireplace window and draw a rectangle first. Then round off the top corners to create a small arch.
	Let's put together the bottom and top bunches. The assembly resembles the manufacture of 3D numbers: the sidewalls are planted on hot glue perpendicular to the base.
	We take into account that we need stiffening ribs. Let's measure the width of the attack and cut out 4 identical rectangular stripes (two for each attack).
	We glue the stiffening ribs and trim them from above if there are extra protruding edges.
	We close the steps with a lid and glue it well. Putting the finished elements aside.
	When working with the side with a window, we will foresee unwanted bends in advance and simply glue these places in a square or rectangle. Now we take the strip of the inner opening and attach it to the window.
	Bend the strip with the right side inward. Then we glue it as thoroughly as possible.
	We use three stiffeners. We glue the back cover.
	Three components of the product are obtained. We glue the lower step with the base of the fireplace, and the upper one with the roof.
	Cut a lot of cardboard rectangles. You should not pursue perfect evenness, small flaws will not spoil the work. We lay out the "brickwork", starting from the window opening. Then we proceed to laying out the front wall, then the side ones.
	The "masonry" is completed with the inner contents of the "firebox".
	We smear the corner of the fireplace with PVA glue, apply a napkin and again coat it with glue. In this way, the entire product is faced, except for the back wall.
	The dried product is covered with white acrylic paint and decorated.

Decoration and decoration

Heavy figurines and unstable candles are not used as decoration for the cardboard fireplace. You can decorate it with LED strips, small compositions, firewood, fake candles and socks for gifts.

Making a corner fireplace made of cardboard with your own hands: the original design of the room

To get the corner version, it is better to take a ready-made and suitable box. One side of it needs to be trimmed so that the remaining ones fold into a triangle that fits into the corner in dimensions. All seams are pasted over with masking tape.

Draw a future opening on the facade, cut out a semicircular part from above, but do not reach the bottom. In the lower part we draw a suitable corner of the firebox and, having cut it out, bend it inward. We form the corner walls from a separate sheet of cardboard and glue them with masking tape.

We decorate the product with self-adhesive foil or wallpaper matching the texture and pattern

Lightness and sophistication from foam: how to make a white decorative fireplace for the New Year with your own hands

Styrofoam cannot be compared with wood in terms of durability of a product, but it can well provide beauty and refine a room for the New Year. Which foam should you use? It is better if it is not particularly thin, otherwise it will crumble easily during installation. First, they measure the free space for an artificial hearth and create a drawing. But already according to the drawing, the material is selected in such a way that all the parts are solid.

Instructions for work

You can focus on the dimensions provided, the fireplace turns out to be beautiful and not bulky. We take a sheet of polystyrene and divide it with a sharp knife into two rectangles, the dimensions of which are approximately 60 × 40 cm, and also cut off two rectangles 40 × 20 cm.These parts will serve as side surfaces.

It is somewhat problematic to glue polystyrene to PVA glue, but if you fix the corners with toothpicks, then the structure turns out to be stable, not wobbly. If there is Titan adhesive for ceiling tiles, it is better to prefer it.

Before starting the assembly, you need to cut out the window of the future "firebox" on the facade.

Advice! We use the thinnest and sharpest knife to cut the firebox.

All elements fit together perfectly

We glue the joints with masking tape and prime the frame. We return to work no earlier than 12 hours later. Sand the primer with fine sandpaper.

We soak the tape of medium width in PVA glue and glue it along the cut of the firebox window, do not forget to also prime the surface. It takes 2-3 hours to dry

Advice! Instead of braid, a curly ceiling plinth will look gorgeous.

We glue the cover that is larger than the fireplace. For the best effect, the cut of the firebox and the side surfaces are covered with gilding

How to decorate a Styrofoam fireplace

When gold mother-of-pearl is applied, it makes sense to erase it a little, then the paint will accentuate the relief of the product and give it a certain look of antiquity.

It is advisable to decorate the fireplace decoupage... As soon as the surface of the glued napkin is dry, finish the work with varnish.

Cones and Christmas tree decorations, beads are combined with such a fireplace. The decor can be placed on the lid of the product or hung from the side slices on stationery studs

How to make a beautiful and durable wood plank imitation fireplace

The tree will serve for a very long time, is easy to decorate and looks noble. Making a fireplace from boards is the decision of those who do not plan to remove this decor element after the end of the holidays.

Instructions and recommendations

To assemble the frame, we use a wooden beam of 40 × 40 mm, which is available in any store. At the point of purchase, you may also be asked to cut the bars into suitable sizes. The lid will be treated with either a stain or varnish, depending on the wishes of the creator, so for it you can take a stair step about 30 cm wide, 120-130 cm long.It is preferable to leave a gap of 7-8 cm between the lid and the body. plywood.

Illustration	Action Description
	Visualization of the future product is the first step in the work. The drawing helps to provide for all the key points.
	The work uses a cross-cut saw, a screwdriver, a simple pencil and a tape measure. We carry out the assembly of the frame using a screwdriver and wood screws. Under the upper base, it is advisable to fasten the legs of the frame with furniture corners. Do not forget about the stiffening ribs, as in the photo.
	They make measurements on a sheet of plywood, draw all the elements and cut them out. Remember to mark with a pencil which element is for what. If there is a large sheet of plywood, it makes sense to cut out all four whole parts of the body at once, leaving small ones for the opening of the firebox. The base - the pedestal is made with a gap of 8-9 cm.We turn the product over and fasten the base to the frame, gluing all the sections with wood glue.
	We glue the lid with wood glue and treat it with stain and then wax. The body is primed and sanded with fine sandpaper.
	The outdoor decor consists of imitation brick plaster and is attached with liquid nails.

Is it possible to make a false fireplace from old furniture

Do not rush and get rid of the annoying chest of drawers or sideboards. With the proper approach and imagination, this old piece of furniture can easily turn into an interesting false fireplace.

The work takes place in several stages:

We take out all the shelves, completely freeing up the internal space.
In front, we organize a facade of boards or plywood.
We measure out the space for the firebox inside. It can be assembled in different ways: it can be an empty cardboard box or box of a suitable size, or simply assemble the firebox from plywood.
We prime the product, skin and paint.