20 Outdoor Fireplace Ideas

From fancy to rustic, portable to permanent, find an outdoor fireplace design to suit your home’s architecture and your living style.

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Scene setter

This three-sided fireplace means that views are hot from almost anywhere in the yard.

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Rooftop fireplace

This striking fireplace anchors a Chicago rooftop garden.More photos from the rooftop garden

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Table topper

Flames flicker at eye level if you use a tablesize fire pit (burning ethanol). Despite its size, it generates warmth and cheer.

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Balancing styles

Wood and stone provide substantial weight to a rustic scene accented with modern furniture.

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Warm spaces

This Indiana homeowner built benches, walkways and decks around the fire pit.

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Seamless flow

A roofed, open-air living area, or loggia, ensures a seamless flow between indoors and out in this St. Louis home. A wood fireplace warms the area on cool nights. With the addition of draperies and portable heaters, friends and family can enjoy the space year-round.

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Bold statement

A tower of poured concrete makes a bold statement.

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Simply stunning

The fire pit in this Chicago home's backyard is a simple portable unit. But the fall-color plantings make it stunning.

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French touch

Embellishment makes this an airy piece even as it anchors a pavered seating area.

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Chiminea styles

Mexican chimineas come is all shapes, sizes and materials. Natural materials merge in this woodland garden in Stillwater, Minnesota.

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Flowing look

The flowing lines of brick and stone turn the back of a house into a thing of beauty and warmth.

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Big and bold

The size of this fireplace makes a bold statement all year. The materials withstand the Glencoe, Illinois, winters.

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Two sides to the story

This Spanish-style two-sided fireplace heats two seating areas.

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Not-quite cottage

Though in a cozy corner of a cottagey backyard, this setting has some modern touches-striped upholstery, bug pillows, gray furniture.

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Brick works

This is a spacious yet cozy patio because of all the brick and wood. The fireplace contributes to that feeling, too.

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Fire pit

Gravel crunches underfoot in this sunken seating area behind a garage.

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Spanish style

A tiled mantel continues the Spanish theme of the white stucco and red tile roof.

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Table height

Reach your hands out or put your feet up-this fire pit puts your heat where you want it.

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Solid spot

A stone fire pit underscores the solid nature of the built-in seating.

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Hearth works

Indoors or out, a raised hearth puts a fire where you can most enjoy it. The stone surround complements nature's beauty.

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