Free spirit

A fireplace is often specified in a modern home to provide ambience and a focal point in the room, rather than purely for winter warmth.

Real Fires has designed and produced aspirational gas fires in New Zealand for the past 13 years and, due to increasing demand, its products are now available in Australia. Illusion, its latest innovation, is primarily designed for the ambience it creates, ensuring it can be used comfortably all year round. At 1.8m-wide, Illusion looks like a long flame floating between two pieces of glass, and its low gas usage makes it economical to run.

Director Ali Scott says that Illusion's modern look makes it ideal for contemporary homes. "It doesn't have a high heat output, so it can supplement existing heating in the winter or create a focal point in a room all through the year."

Illusion can be open or enclosed, in a corner or double sided. All models can run off piped natural gas or bottled LPG. It can be built into a new home where, because it requires only a shallow 300mm cavity, it takes up very little space. This also makes it easy to retrofit it into the wall cavity in an existing house.

Contact Real Fires NZ, phone (09) 444 7331. Email: ali@realfires.co.nz. Website: www.realfires.co.nz.

Story by: Trendsideas