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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.depends what your decorating style is..but here are some ideas
a few of those huge water rounded stones from a garden centre., a plant, easternish sculpture like a shrine, some white driftwood, at christmas a basket of pine cones and baubles (Cheesy but fun), a heap of fairy lights. We did this successfully one christmas when we had a gaping hole in the wall we got one of those plastic ropelights and piled it in the hole, very minimalist and chic, a display of candles
Whatever you choose, the most important thing is to keep it looking clean, dusted and fresh looking
I suppose if you wanted to be more extravagant you could get a small tv screen linked up to a dvd player with one of these:
http://www.firebox.com/?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=263
but then again...maybe not
But ..in the winter I light the fire in the evenings.
You can't beat an open fire.If there is an existing functional chimney you may need to have it swept first.Well they don't sweep these days ..they use a vacuum thingy.Gone are the days when they sent boys up chimneys!!
If you can't open it up a lovely firescreen looks nice or a tall plant stood in the hearth along with fireirons and a coal bucket to make it look authentic.A log basket perhaps?
http://www.winstanleycats.uk.com/
My dog won't allow the real thing!!