We may automatically consider fireplaces to be an indoor feature where the family can gather on a cold winter’s night. However by changing up your thinking and placing a outdoor fireplace you can recreate this cozy scene while surrounded by nature!
By positioning a fireplace in your garden or on your patio you give yourself the opportunity to take advantage of your beautiful garden or patio space all year round. This way none of your hardwork creating a stunning garden or patio will ever go to waste. Besides adding warmth and ambiance to the space a fire also gives you an additional social space outside so you can diversify your entertainment plans with some intimate nights beside the fire snuggled up with some blankets.
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45 Outdoor Fireplace Designs to Enhance Your Outdoor Spaces
Before embarking on your outdoor fireplace escapades it is wise to take fire safety into account. If you are in a rural location or an area with a lot of foliage it would be a good idea to consider adding a glass screen or little doors to your fireplace to prevent sparks escaping and escalating into a serious fire.
But, if you are primed and ready to see how these beautiful features can work for you were are:
1. Fantastical Garden Fireplace
This beautiful sculpted fireplace has a distinctive organic shape that fits in with its natural surroundings perfectly. The monolithic feature sits on a rough stone base that continues around the pointed arch opening and into the fireplace void inside. The flaming logs sit on a little black metal grate that lifts the fire off the floor. The form has been decorated with colorful mosaics around the edge of the opening in a stunning waving design with crawling with creepers encircling the chimney.
2. Modern Open Chimney Column
The design of this stylish modern house has been built around a generous screed floored courtyard with an outdoor dining table and lounge based around the incredible fireplace. The little fire sits on the floor at the base of a three sided grey concrete column that funnels the smoke upwards so you don’t get smoke in your eyes constantly. This adds an element of warmth to a very cool, grey design and creates a wonderful socialising space that is really extraordinary.
3. Tuscan Inspired Courtyard Fireplace
This stunning internal courtyard is a traditional feature found in many Tuscan villas. Huge comfortable outdoor couches covered in bright red upholstery furnish the space based around a small coffee table and a beautiful tall fireplace. The wide void is framed by a carved stone mantel and simply decorated with a panel of wrought iron curlicues. The fireplace has a chimney that resembles a traditional bell tower to coordinate with the rest of the house.
4. Mediterranean Seaside Fireplace
The courtyard of this seaside villa is the ultimate indulgent outdoor space. The long pool is raised above the outdoor lounge area to create a walled in intimate space around the ivory fireplace. On colder evenings, once you’ve had your dip in the sea, you can hunker down beside the fire and dry off to the sound of cracking logs. The large white structure has a little pointed arched opening, a small mantelshelf built in for aesthetics and a curving tapering chimney. This fits the mediterranean influence flawlessly and contributes another layer of glamor to this beautiful space.
5. Huge Mosaic Ringed Outdoor Fireplace
The huge chimney for this outdoor fireplace has been built into the house itself, which could form a double sided fireplace with one on the inside as well as the outside. The huge fire if lifted off the floor on a platform, tiled in teal, forming a long hearth. The curving oblong opening is tiled in blue and white to accentuate the fire and make this area of the patio defined in a unique way. The chimneystack itself has also become a decorative feature in its own right through its sculptural form in the same finish as the rest of the space.
6. Beautiful Brick Faux Fireplace
The bricks that make up this large home have been carefully chosen for their beauty so it can be left exposed in multiple applications. One of these applications is the little faux fireplace in the corner of the generous patio. The arched recess is screened by a decorative wrought iron grate and filled with layer upon layer of pillar candles as an alternative to the real deal. This peaceful spot might not contribute any warmth but what it lacks in heat it makes up for in its romantic atmosphere.
7. Freestanding Patio Fireplace
Outside this classic shiplapped, suburban home a wonderful outdoor gathering space has been outfitted with a freestanding fireplace beside the BBQ and little island table. The little box that houses the fire is built from brick and tiled with a little hearth in front. The flames are contained behind a large window with a thin silver frame around it. Due to the fact that the structure is low the roof can be used as a serving space from the BBQ that also keeps the food warm.
8. Concrete Fireplace in Covered Patio
This comfortable rustic space is covered with a ceiling of chunky exposed beams to create a charming indoor/outdoor gathering and eating space. The huge cast concrete fireplace looks like something out of Beauty and the Beast due to its immense size and curving shape. The bricked fire void is very large with a tiered mantelshelf above it that has been liberally decorated with plants and other knickknacks that blend the vast concrete form into its rustic surroundings.
9. Cream Fireplace Built into the House Wall
The design of this spacious home is based around this internal courtyard with a twisted colonnade around it and subtle cream walls. The fireplace in the courtyard spans between two patio doors with a huge brick, plastered frame with a hearth and stepped chimneystack. Due to its dramatic size the large rectangular fire that is able to heat the whole space easily so you can relax on the large wicker couches and bask in its warmth.
10. Rough Stone Fireplace with Hammocks
This beautiful rustic fireplace has been built out of rough stone with a pitched roof tat is perfect for an open garden setting. This scene has been raised up on a stone platform surrounded by a raised garden bed. This puts the fire at eye level with the two hammocks hanging in front of it so you can lounge in the warmth listening to crackling fire. This is also a great view for the large outdoor dining space that embues the space with an inviting ambiance.
11. Large Patio with Warm Stone Fireplace
The huge patio outside this generous home is paved in stone flagstones with enough room for a dining table and an outdoor lounge beside the fireplace. This take full advantage of the large garden and lush tree lined view. The patio is ringed in a low stone balustrade that runs around the perimeter and grows into the fireplace. The structure is traditional, both in shape and material wth a projecting stone hearth and a thick, vented chimney that stops the smoke escaping into the patio area.
12. Lakeside Sunken Fireplace
Sitting beside this tranquil lake is a stone flagged semi circular space with a fireplace at the centre making this the perfect place to have sundowners and take in the incredible view. The firepit is a small sunken circle in the stone floor filled with logs and ignited that warms the stone around it, spreading the heat gently through the space. The fire is accompanied by a comfortable pair of wooden armchairs nestled in the stone faced raised flower beds that encircle the beautiful scene.
13. Contemporary Wood Paneled Fireplace
This contemporary patio has a unique and chic fireplace built against a pale wood tiled wall. The structure is divided into three, black wood paneled sections. The first forms the base, which is topped with concrete tiles that seep into the fire void framed in white. The other two layers form the body of the fire and the thin rectangular chimneystack overhead with subtle wooden moulded details. The colour scheme, as well as the unusual vertical paneling, makes this a unique feature that suits the design style perfectly.
14. Hilltop Patio with Bio Fire
The incredible hilltop patio beside this luxurious modern home is complete with a glass balustrade that makes it look death defying and breathtaking. The minimal outdoor couch and armchairs with some unusual glossy white side tables are collected around what, at first glance, appears to be a coffee table but once ignited a bio fire erupts through the thin strip at the centre. The chunky stone and metal base has recessed legs that make the cube appear to float to finish off this one of a kind location.
15. Rustic Forest Home with Stone Fireplace
This large timber house takes advantage of its rustic forest location with a generous outdoor fireplace. The cabin has a wrap around paved patio to take in the views from every angle and tucked around one corner is this little social space that congregates around the stone fireplace. The huge fireplace has a massive stone lintel over it with a chunky hearth and glass frontage. Glass covers are essential in forested locations such as this to prevent any sparks escaping and causing a forest fire. The exposed stone works beautifully alongside the timber paneling and fits the natural location perfectly to create the perfect place for you to relax in nature.
16. Round Piled Stone Fireplace
The double storey patio to this palatial home is all rendered in stunning timber in a variety of shades. The waving first floor patio looks down on raised circular firepit with bench seating running around the edge. The firepit has been created with large, stacked white ricks in circle with the fire at the centre. The stone keeps the fire safe and becomes the centre of your social spaces on a cold day. This whole space celebrates natural elements in multiple different ways that makes it feel warm and inviting.
17. Glamorous Stone Fireplace Outdoors
The traditional style of this marble fireplace is found most often inside glamorous living rooms but, in this case, it seems to have escaped out onto the patio. The stone panel wall has a carved stone mantelshelf mounted onto it sitting on a pair of ornately curving legs. The fireplace is fused with the rest of the space by forming part of the low wall running around the patio in the same material. By placing this beside the outdoor dining table it creates an intimate atmosphere while you dine by firelight.
18. Rustic Balcony Fireplace
This large brick fireplace sits on top of a luxurious balcony that sits at the top of this old rustic home. The fireplace is lifted off the weathered wooden floorboards on an exposed brick hearth with a bricked mantelpiece overhead with crreping plants spilling from it. The tall chimney is both decorative and functional and mimics traditional designs of old houses and bell towers in old churches. Its elevation provides it with a stunning riverside view making it the perfect place to watch the sun go down.
19. Spacious Stainless Steel Patio Fireplace
The style of this large paved patio with a timber veranda roof overhead is inviting and rustic. The expansive fireplace both contributes to and contrasts against this feeling by contributing homey warmth while being housed in a modern stainless steel frame with a glass frontispiece. The stone panel wall and chimney creeps out on either side to form the stone benches with the large stone fireplace in the centre. This provides additional seating making this the perfect place to entertain outdoors.
20. Flying Saucer Fire Pit
This amazing raised firepit is extraordinary in both its beautiful flying saucer shape and in its portability. The circular platform is held aloft on curving wrought iron legs with thin support beams uniting them. A hemispherical set of wrought iron ribs curve over the top of the fire, which is held in a polished metal bowl. The design is finished off with a tiled rim running around the edge. Since this structure isn’t locked in place it could be moved to any where in your garden or on your patio to enhance your outdoor space.
21. Idyllic Garden Courtyard Fireplace
This idyllic little courtyard with red brick paving, spotted with slender trees and pot plants is the perfect place to spend a summer evening. When it gets colder, however this space need not be abandoned. Beneath the little timber veranda roof crawling with creepers is a large pale cast concrete fireplace with a wide chimney rising from it. So in the winter time you can retreat beneath the vines and curl up in the wrought iron upholstered chairs and listen to the crackling logs.
22. Stone Fireplace Built into a Boundary Wall
This home has an uneven pale stone wall with the fireplace and its chimny built right in. This makes the space feel effortless and cohesive as well as warm and inviting. The chimney steps up slowly and culminates in the chimney at the apex. The small chevron fire alcove is raised up on a shelf in the same stone with decorative pot plants on either side with a large, white stone lintel over it. This creates the ideal location for you to place your outdoor dining table so you can enjoy a family meal in comfort.
23. Monumental Old Stone Fireplace
This beautiful fireplace has been used in a creative way to create a gathering space away from the home surrounded my lush nature. The structure is almost a little building on its own emcompassing the fire, large chimney and log store beside it. The mass blends into its natural setting through the patchwork of lichen stained stone in different colours that play across its surface. The mas is detailed with strips of pale stone at the roof and projecting off to form the hearth.
24. Covered Patio with Stylish Bio Fire
The comfortable and rustic covered patio is a cozy spot tucked in around the side of this timber framed house. The whole stone fireplace is an angled mass rounding off one corner with two columns on either side framing the panel wall. A horizontal bio fire in a silver frame has been lifted up off the floorboards with a wide stone hearth. The strip of fire erupts from a collection of white stones in one long line, transforming this space into a rustic contemporary retreat. A large flat screen TV has been mounted into the panel wall to make this a comfortable and entertaining space to relax.
25. Luxurious Pool Cabana Fireplace
At the end of this large pool is a curtained, wood paneled cabana with a marble fireplace at its centre, a scene that is truly the height of luxury. The design of the fireplace is simple and reminiscent of one you would find indoors with a white stone surround with little stone lips for minimal decoration. Wicker bench seats have been built in on either side, cuddled together with the fireplace to create a cozy little nook that you can lounge in all year round.
26. Modern Outdoor Bio Fire
The supremely modern exterior to this high tech house combines natural textures artfully to create this one of a kind scene. Grey wood paneling gives way to a rusted, treated wall panel with a living wall on the other side. In front of the metal wall is a strip of bio fire running in between the bench seating running along the wall. This kind of fireplace provides a certain amount of warmth but it is mainly there for the aesthetics it contributes to the patio.
27. Huge Stone Feature Fireplace
This ivy strewn veranda has used a massive stone fireplace as its main feature, which lets it appreciate your garden at all times of year. The whole piece is faced in slim stones with little archways with keystones at the centre of each with a chimney running through veranda ceiling. Two arched storage cubbies sit on either side of the arched fireplace openings to tidy the space and store the woodpile conveniently away from the rain. This whole bulk is raised on a stone platform so it dominates the space and provides more heat by placing it at eye level when sitting back in the comfortable wicker armchairs.
28. Countryside Patio Platform with Bio Fire
Outside this isolated rural home a wooden floorboard patio has been built out over the grassland. You have to be very careful with fires in such a dry environment so this bio fire has been carefully designed to not harm the natural surroundings. The fire itself sits in the middle of the platform on a low stone base with a large rectangular bio fire in the centre. This is screened on every side with heat resistant glass and, since it is a bio fire, it doesn’t use wood or charcoal so it won’t produce any sparks that could ignite the grasses. This stunning feature is encircled by bench seating and armchairs that creates a beautful, warm spot to relax on a chilly evening.
29. Simple Backyard Firepit
The easiest outdoor fireplace for you to many be even DIY at home is the simple fire pit. This can be built from large bricks that can be bought from any hardware stores and stacked on top of one another. The fire sits in the centre insulated by the bricks that serve as the base for the logs to be piled onto. The firepit is encircled by vintage wooden rocking chairs where you and your friends gather around the fire and toast marshmallows together on a crisp autumn evening.
30. Contemporary Bowl Of Fire
This eclectic outdoor area is decorated with round colourful cushions, a layered water feature and a pebbled floor. The main feature however, and one all the rest are based around, is the stunning modern fireplace. The contemporary bowl full of flames is made from cast concrete that is heat resistant with high sides that easily contain the fire and looks incredible in a minimalistic fashion.
31. Portable Metal Fire Column
The innovative design deisgn of this bright fireplace means that it is lightweight and it can be placed anywhere you like and moved with relative ease. Its beautiful form looks beautiful beside the undulating pool and artistically combines the water and fire elements in a harmonious manner. It sits on four short legs that tapers elegantly to the ground in shallow curves that are echoed in the curving perforations cut into each of the four sides. The piece combines the bowl of fire and the chimney in one space saving unit.
32. Beach Resort Dish of Fire
The vast dish of fire in this luxurious beach resort creates an air of drama that greets each guest as they walk up from the beach flanked by columns of flaming pots. The main fire sits in a large shallow metal dish filled with sand and logs that burn brightly against the sea backdrop. The tall flames warm the paving stones around it so it produces gentle heat and direct heat at once. The feature is encircled by huge twisted benches made from slices of huge trees to finish off the dramatic look.
33. Luxurious Marble Fireplace
This large freestanding marble fireplace sits beside a huge pool with an underlit hot tub that pulls together this endlessly luxurious space. When the weather is colder the fireplace and the hot tub become the favoured features. One you step out of the hot tub you can dry off beside the square marble fireplace with its elegantly curving chimney. The design maximises on the space available with a wide opening that distributes heat more widely.
34. Tuscan Stone Fireplace Column
In a display of rustic Tuscan beauty this large patio has both covered and uncovered areas with a colonnade of rough stone. Sitting between two of these archways is the tall stone chimney that is coordinated with the façade. A large square fireplace is recessed into the column in a sleek matte black frame in contrast with the textured setting. This sits beside an outdoor dining table and a pair of sun loungers to keep you warm while you eat and while you relax.
35. Rural Stone Fireplace Column
In a large rural garden separated by white picket fence this chimney sits like a little stone monument with a huge fire cavity nestled within it. The structure is traditionally built with an archway complete with a keystone and a hood that is angled inwards travelling up to the apex of the vented chimney. This scene has a pebbled floor around it with timber armchairs encircling it making this the warmest place to be on a chilly winters evening.
36. Modern Cube of Fire
This large cube of fire looks like its hovering off the floor in stark contrast to the rough stone surroundings. The matte brushed metal finish is filled with a sunken fire whose flames ripple across the entire surface. Two timber armchairs accompany the fire on a white paved patio with multiple levels so you can get warm in style. This is a novel way to create a variety of social spaces within one large patio.
37. Stunning Lakeside Balcony
The fireplace on this little balcony creates an intimate little relaxing space on this stunning lakeside home. The alcove is screened by a trellis, which also runs behind the fireplace to envelop this cozy space. A large block of exposed stone has a horizontal bio fire with a glossy silver frame that stand out brightly in contrast. This warm space is the most idyllic spot to sit in comfort and take in the breathtaking lake view.
38. Grey Stone Fireplace in Sunken Patio
A sunken patio creates this fantastical little scene with large stone pavers and a low wall running around the perimeter. This wall becomes part of the fireplace as it runs underneath it to create the hearth. The tall grey stone panel wall has a thick stone ring around the top with a chimney that leans back gently into the chimney. The stone fire void has its own arched opening with a keystone as the centre fronted by a wooden framework climbing with creepers that completes the idyllic scene.
39. Simply Ostentatious Courtyard Fireplace
The huge double volume courtyard of this massive home adds another layer of drama to this immense space. The paved space forms an outdoor lounge with wicker couches places around the large outdoor fireplace. The cast concrete mantelpiece is decorated with two little pot plants decorating it above and below with a chevron patterned fire niche adding another layer of subtle décor. Even the chimney itself adds some character as it elegantly curves running through the two floors and exiting out the far side.
40. Rustic Stone and Timber Fire Nook
This fireplace is part of the larger patio running all the way around this sprawling stone house. The stone panel wall separates this area from the rest to create a snug nook around the fire. The large stone structure has a shallow mantelshelf and hearth built in decorated with a large wooden clock over the top. The fire recess has two, dainty black doors that contain the flames and prevents smoke from polluting the calming space.
41. Warm Escape Beside a Bio Fire
The fireplace outside this modern home creates an escape away from the house on your own property. The fire sits on a square concrete platform with a bowl of heatproof material sitting on top. Bio fuel is hidden in the base so with the turn of a knob and a flick of a lighter the bowl fills with fire as if by magic. The beautiful piece is encircled by weathered wooden chairs that bring warmth to an otherwise coldly modern space.
42. Generous Fire Place to Outdoor Living Room
This really large outdoor dining room is screened from the rest of the house to make it a semi private social space congregated around the outdoor fire. The fire is celebrated in large beige frame with a stepped design culminating in the chimney. A blue tinted stone hearth runs around the stainless steel fire cavity to define it in a chic but simple manner. The look is finished off with concrete copings on the steps and four comfortable wicker armchairs to lounge in beside the fire.
43. Long Fireplace Wall in Rural Home
This modern bungalow sits in stark contrast to its rural setting surrounded by a lush forest. The fireplace has a very simple structure with a large cavity for the fire facing away from the treeline for optimum safety. The thick brown wall sits on a platform alongside raised some raised garden beds that rise tier upon tier behind it. The platform is tiled in grey with a strip of LED down lighters on the underside in a warm shade that ties in with the flames. The fireplace is accompanied by comfortable outdoor furniture where you can take in the warmth and the stunning view at once.
44. Incredible Layered Bio Fire
The stunning modern landscaping of this home juxtaposes the forested setting in a stunning combination of natural and manmade elements. Due to its location a bio fire is the ideal way to incorporate fire into your design without threatening the nature surrounding it. Thin strips of fire sit on each layer of this stepped feature set against an onyx backdrop, which makes the dancing flames stand out brightly. This whole collection is mounted on and against the white walls that run around perimeter of the property at different heights in another instance of contrasting styles and colours.
45. Roughly Hewn Stone Fireplace
This lowered patio can be reached by stairs leading down from main patio, a great example of how to create a variety of outdoor spaces in one home. The wide chimney is attached to the side of the house and built from the same exposed stone as the foundations to keep the exterior cohesive. The large fire alcove, for optimum heat, features a massive stone lintel with huge slabs of stone supporting it in a show of rustic beauty.
Conclusion
See? We told you fireplaces also work outside!
Whether it is a large, permanent structure or an innovative portable construction; outdoor fireplaces add an inviting aura to any space and let you get out into the fresh air without the discomfort. Bio fire or log fires, traditional or modern; these features are adaptable, varied and therefore can be designed to suit any space with just about any design aesthetic in mind.
So why not add a dynamic element to your own outdoor space and consider investing in a stunning outdoor fireplace that will keep your home warm and happy all year round.
