Sentence examples for point a fireplace from inspiring English sources

When Philip Johnson designed the main plaza at Lincoln Center, in the early sixties, he imagined a glowing, pulsating column of water at the center, a feature that would give the modernist piazza, he once said, "the focal point a fireplace gives a home".

Unlike most great room sitting areas, this one has two focal points, a fireplace wall and a window wall with a view out the back through three eight- or 10-foot-high French doors or an optional eight-foot-high-by-15-foot-long array of "disappearing" sliding glass doors.

Arrange it to emphasizes a main focal point, such as a fireplace or window view.

A prominent item like a fireplace, artwork or mirror can serve as an eye-catching focal point for any space.

Mr. Rock walked over to a fireplace and pointed to the worn floorboard, which he figured had been beveled by frozen revolutionary feet shuffling in front of the fire.

The focal point of the living room is a fireplace cast of diatomaceous earth and depicting medieval scenes.

A focal point can be artwork, a window, a fireplace or a television; arrange all the furniture to face it.

The second, with tables and dark wood chairs, has a fireplace as a focal point.

A fireplace offers a central point of interest to rival the television.

"I'm always looking for the focal point in the room, especially if there is a fireplace!" says Diane Michelle.

If there is a fireplace and this is an important selling point, then furniture will be grouped around it.