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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Cat Olley

How to update your fireplace, from working woodburners to a vintage mantelpiece

A houseplant, a vase, a stack of logs – no, not a disappointing Christmas haul, but just a few of the ways we tend to fill an old fireplace.

Less than a century ago, a London home would have had a fireplace in almost every room. Now you're far more likely to inherit 'the hole' than anything that actually puts out heat.

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