(BPT) – After spending so much time indoors, are you ready to get outside to enjoy Mother Nature, mingle with neighbors and celebrate with loved ones again? Summer is here and many people are more ...

A rustic stone fireplace with a burning wood fire, wooden mantle, and a wicker basket sitting on top. Firewood is stacked in a holder on the hearth, and the room has warm, cozy lighting. - Carol A ...

Whether it's made of stone, brick, or other materials, an outdoor fireplace forms a dramatic focal point—and allows you to keep the party going after dark or when the weather cools. Give your deck, ...

Build this easy-to-construct outdoor fireplace for food and family fun. I really enjoyed your article on hearth cooking, Hearth Cooking: An Ancient Cooking Technique Revisited. A few years ago, while ...

Measure the area for the surround and the fireplace dimensions. Determine the exact top of the fireplace, because you’ll be setting a support slab across both sides of the surround to complete it. Dry ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person carefully places a piece of wood into a lit fireplace - Anastasiia Krivenok/Getty Images Sometimes there's nothing quite ...