Hot or Cold?

This indoor stove is surely hot to the touch, but does it hit hot on your design appeal scale?  Or does it hit  cold? The Piet Indoor Stove, designed by Fredrik Hylten-Cavallius, utilizes ethanol instead of wood which in result enables it to not give-off smoke or soot. Completely free-standing, place it wherever you like [...]

Fire in a Box!

  Famous for their portable fireplaces, Atria has introduced the latest creation: Malle Fire.  Essentially this trunk opens up to reveal a “glittering treasure to heat up your patio and can be conveniently carried indoors.”  A convenient feature to this “fireplace,” is that this fire trunk can be closed to be utilized as a piece [...]

A Little Off Balance

Fireplaces are always focal points in anyone’s home, and I find that sometimes we try too hard to make them stand out and in the end it just seems so contrived, symmetrical, and sorry to say: just plain boring!  We at Kalu like to offer dynamic options; layouts that have balance but as well achieve assymetry [...]