Fireplaces: Fire and What's on the Mantel

An academic-style fireplace. It is a traditional form made of dark wood or dark marble, with simple moldings and a thick mantelpiece; the firebox is brick-lined and blackened, with a small fire burning inside. On the mantelpiece are several items: a stopped mantel clock, two half-burnt candles, a few letters, a small marble bust. Above hangs a dark portrait or a mottled mirror. Avoid: using modern minimalist fireplaces and electric flames, clearing the mantelpiece, using white and light-colored fireplace surrounds, filling the mantelpiece with decorations.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一座學院式的壁爐。它是深色木或深色大理石的傳統形式,有簡單的線腳與一片厚實的檯面;爐膛是磚砌並被燻黑,裡面正燒著小火。檯面上放著幾樣東西:一座停擺的座鐘、兩支燒了一半的蠟燭、幾封信、一個小的大理石胸像。上方掛著一幅暗色的肖像或一面斑駁的鏡。避免:使用現代的極簡壁爐與電子火焰、把爐台清空、使用白色與淺色的壁爐架、在爐台上擺滿裝飾品。