21 Electric Fireplace Ideas to Make Any Room Cozier

An electric fireplace is a low-maintenance way to add a cozy feel and an additional heat source to any room. You can decorate around an electric fireplace to make it into a feature and a focal point, or to make it look more realistic, whether you are rehabilitating a nonworking fireplace or adding an electric fireplace to a room than never had one.

From styling the hearth to filling the firebox insert with rocks or logs, to adding finishes to your fireplace surround and mantel that will make it look more authentic, check out these stylish electric fireplace ideas for every room style.

Surround With Graphic Tile

For a modern look, choose a linear fireplace insert and a bold patterned tile surround. Michelle Berwick Design covered the face of this open plan living room dining room fireplace with a flowered black-and-white pattern and topped it off with a wood mantel.

Dark Shiplap

An electric fireplace is a practical way to add a cozy feel to an apartment, condo, or townhouse. Brexton Cole Interiors mounted an electric fireplace on a dark blue shiplap wall that adds a focal point in this open plan living room and kitchen.

Add a Minimalist Hearth

Adding a hearth will make a minimalist electric fireplace feel more convincing. Cathie Hong Interiors chose a simple off-white stone hearth to complement the stark white fireplace wall and pitch black modern frame around the electric fireplace insert for a crisp look.

Embrace Cottage Style

Fill a traditional white painted mantel with an electric fireplace insert to create a cozy cottage feel, like this Florida living room from Maite Granda.

Build a DIY Brick Fireplace

Full Hearted Home built a DIY brick fireplace with an electric fireplace insert for a modest budget of $400. Built-in storage and window seats flank the white brick fireplace, making it feel like it's always been there, while a shiplap accent wall adds another texture.

Mix Materials and Finishes

Use a mix of materials and finishes to add interest to an electric fireplace. Arbor & Co. combined textured white tiles with a rectangular black firebox, a pale wood mantel, a wood slat fireplace wall, and a colorful graphic tile patterned hearth that makes the fireplace feel like an integral part of the design.

Use a Vintage Mantel

Make an electric fireplace feel more rustic and authentic by combining it with a vintage mantel. This farmhouse bedroom fireplace from Liz Marie Blog is decorated for the holidays with vintage Christmas paintings, greens, and chunky knit stockings for a warm and cozy look.

Decorate Around It

If you looking for a budget-friendly way to work around an existing electric fireplace, decorate in and around it with plants, like this painted white brick midcentury modern fireplace ledge from Leaf and Lolo.

Warm Up a Basement Lounge

Warm up a finished basement lounge space with an electric fireplace that doesn't require venting. Michelle Berwick Design chose a sleek linear fireplace with a quartz surround for a modern look. A walnut wood mantel and built-ins and midcentury modern furniture create a comfortable and stylish place to gather.

Style It With Firewood

Use a display of decorative firewood to create the impression that your electric fireplace is powered by wood. This living room from House of Hanes includes a modern vertical niche half stacked with firewood for a modern rustic feel.

Choose a Gold Metal Frame

Add some gleam to a colorful living room with a gold-toned metal frame around your electric fireplace insert. This space from Dazey Den has a soft gold-toned frame that complements the pink fireplace wall.

Make It Float

An all-white fireplace is sleek and modern. This Florida bedroom from interior designer Maite Granda features a long linear firebox insert that floats above the white tile floors for an airy feel. Choose an insert with crushed glass rocks inside for a contemporary look.

Use Architectural Salvage

Source vintage or antique mantels in architectural salvage yards or online marketplaces to add a sense of history to your space. A Beautiful Mess fit an electric fireplace insert into an antique mantel with stained glass inserts to add character to this bedroom fireplace, adding peel-and-stick white brick tile around the surround to make it look more seamlessly built in.

Mix Black and White

Mix black and white to create a contemporary look, like this fireplace wall from Brophy Interiors. The black linear firebox and flat screen on the white wall above are balanced by black wood slat walls on either side to create a balanced feel.

All Black Fireplace Wall

Embed a long linear electric firebox in a stone fireplace wall for a sleek modern look, like this space from interior designer Maite Granda.

Try a Painted Stone Surround

Modernize a stacked stone fireplace with white paint and install an electric firebox with faux logs that will give it a more rustic appearance, like this living room from Jessica Nelson Design.

Distract from the TV

A linear electric fireplace helps to distract from a large TV hanging on the wall in this basement living room from Michelle Berwick Design.

Square It Off

A square or tall rectangular fireplace can look as modern as a linear insert. This family room from Michelle Berwick Design includes a narrow white quartz fireplace wall that leaves room for wide built-ins on either side.

Try a Freestanding Heater

Place a freestanding electric fireplace heater inside of a closed up firebox to restore an original feature without need for a chimney. Home By Polly placed a white electric fireplace heater on the black stone hearth of this all-white fireplace finished with herringbone patterned subway tile, a simple white surround, and a modern rustic wood mantel topper to create a cozy feel in this neutral living room.

Fill It With Rocks

Large river rocks will give your fireplace a modern rustic feel and make it look good even when it's not lit, like this renovated midcentury fireplace from Louis Duncan-He Designs.

Make It Mobile

If you don't have a fireplace, build a simple DIY fireplace wall that can be filled with an electric fireplace insert, an electric log insert, or simply be left empty to style with candles or birch logs. The Merrythought created a movable fireplace in an 1830s farmhouse that no longer had one by leaving the original crown moulding and baseboard intact and attaching the fireplace to the wall as a single piece. It can be slid around the room when desired, perfect for those who love to constantly rearrange the furniture.

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