What’s a cardboard fireplace?

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Cardboard fireplaces are often used in seasonal retail displays, film and theater sets. They can be easily assembled, painted and moved into place to create a desired mood or scene. They are also a cost-effective alternative to real fireplaces.

The corrugated fireplace is a design element that is often used in seasonal retail displays, as well as a prop in game and film sets. While never used as a fully functional fireplace, these cardboard mockups provide a visual image that can help convey mood and mood for the display and help reinforce the scene the designer wishes to create. Usually assembled from a kit in minutes, these disposable cardboard fireplaces can be moved into place with little effort and can be painted or coated to mimic any type of material, from brick to stone masonry.

Perhaps the best known use of a cardboard fireplace is related to holiday celebrations. A cardboard Christmas fireplace is often used in retail displays designed with children in mind. The combination of a cardboard fireplace with a cheerful Santa Claus and a bag of toys easily attracts the attention and delight of young customers. A corrugated fireplace display can also be designed to appeal to an older crowd and perhaps create the perfect backdrop for the display of winter clothing such as ski jumpers or heavy winter coats.

A corrugated fireplace is also a practical and inexpensive way to furnish a set for a community theater production. When money is tight, the cardboard fireplace can be designed using simple materials and fitted with a simple light behind fake logs, helping to create a believable look of a working fireplace. This allows you to redirect money in an already limited budget to other essentials, such as costumes or the purchase of props to improve the overall production.

Along with stage productions, film and television sets can also use a cardboard fireplace when a working fireplace is not needed. Cardboard can be dressed up to mimic any desired look using paint and other decorating techniques. As long as the fireplace isn’t a focal point of the scenes, there’s a good chance no one will notice that the fireplace isn’t constructed of some type of masonry material.

While you can’t use a cardboard fireplace as a heat source, this imitation device often helps provide visual support for the type of mood or scene the designer wishes to convey. Because cardboard fixtures are easy to build and very inexpensive, they are often the perfect alternative when the need for the look of a fireplace is only temporary.




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