Click through to see how you can turn up the heat in your own space with a well-appointed fireplace.A ceiling coated in Farrow & Ball’s Setting Plaster paint lends a blushing glow to the living room of Lee and Stuart Rolfe’s Seattle home, which was outfitted by designer Jeffrey Bilhuber.The fireplace is the centerpiece of the grand living room in a New Jersey estate renovated by architect Annabelle Selldorf and designer Matthew Frederick.

Smith and diplomat James Costos, an expanse of silvered mica panels over the fireplace offsets the living room’s travertine walls and floor; the table and chairs at left are vintage Jansen designs, the daybed is 1960s, the sculpture on the landing is by Rod Kagan, and the carpet is a Smith design by J. At left, a Raymond Léon Rivoire bust rests atop a pedestal, and an An-My Lê print hangs over the mantel; the torchères are early-20th-century American, and the large steel 88, at far right, is an artwork by Banks Violette.

In the living room of a Manhattan townhouse renovated by Brian Sawyer and John Berson, neoclassical French mirrors from H. Luther flank a Picasso ink drawing and a Sawyer|Berson-designed mantel made by Chesney’s.

The living room of an Aspen, Colorado, ski home renovated by design firm Atelier AM, features an expansive fireplace surround of blackened steel, a custom-made sectional sofa covered in a Loro Piana cotton, stools by Atelier AM in a Sam Kasten bouclé, a vintage Prouvé chair, and a Pierre Guariche floor lamp; the painting is by Richard Prince.

In the living room of a São Paulo home designed by architect Isay Weinfeld, a quartet of vintage armchairs—by Ib Kofod-Larsen, foreground, and George Nakashima, rear—are gathered near a 1960s French fireplace.

A living room in a Zurich home designed by Steven Gambrel features a fireplace with a marble mantel (one of a pair) from a 19th-century Philadelphia home.

The Viennese Secessionist shelf system is from Jonathan Burden Antiques; the curtain, sofa, and club chair fabrics are by de Le Cuona; and the rug is by ABC Carpet & Home.

During the freezing winter months, there’s nothing quite like the sound, the smell, and the warmth of a crackling fireplace.

Once a necessity for survival, a fireplace is now a decorative element that can add major style (and extra heat) to a living room.

A pair of 17th-century French armchairs flank a Formations cocktail table, and a sculptural Chinese root is displayed atop a pedestal.

In the living room of a Bridgehampton, New York, residence devised by architecture, interiors, and landscape firm Sawyer | Berson and decorator Randi Puccio, a Richard Pousette-Dart painting hangs above a minimalist fireplace.

The bespoke sofa and club chairs, all upholstered in a Larsen silk, are grouped atop an antique Herati carpet, and a Holland & Sherry velvet covers the walls.

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