Schulte Design Fire Furniture
14 October 2008
“Fired Up”
Some time back I did a blog on Schulte Design which is a German manufacturer of a European style kitchen that intrigued me quite a bit. One of the things I found particularly interesting was the way they hi
d the stovetop in a table and did it in such a way that it simply disappeared. Well, as it happened, they also had a similar idea for a coffee table, except that this particular coffee table hid a fireplace. At the time, though, they had only the one concept, so I filed it away, thinking that I would return to it at a later time. Last week I did a blog on another manufacturer of this type of fireplace, so I returned to Schulte, thinking I would include their one fireplace too.
Well, sir!
As it turns out, they now have a whole line of products for this particular fireplace idea, each one even more innovative and interesting than the one that preceded it. In a way![| [ © Guido Schiefer Melchiorstr. 14, 50670 K o e l n; Tel.: (+49)171.7 43 34 50; e-mail: gs@guidoschiefer.de; www.guidoschiefer.de; Konto: S t a d t s p a r k a s s e D o r t m u n d, Kto-Nr. 681003568, BLZ 44050199, IBAN DE86440501990681003568, BIC DORTDE33; JEGLICHE VERWENDUNG nur gegen HONORAR nach MFM-Liste, URHEBERVERMERK und BELEG; No Model release, bei Verwendung des Fotos ausserhalb journalistischer Zwecke bitte Ruecksprache mit dem Fotografen halten. Each use of the image is subject to a licence fee based on MFM. No model release. For any use other than for editorial purposes please contact the photographer. ]](http://www.cft411.com/images/SchulteDesignFireFurniture_69FB/sCHULTE7.jpg)
, though, the one that most intrigues me is the one at the top of this blog, the one that first caught my attention. It works the same way as the work table/stovetop that they used in the Grace 2 kitchen I wrote about on August 26th.
When it’s closed up, it’s a coffee table and looks like any other coffee table. But whenever you want a fire, you simply pull it open and in moments you have a fire to take away the chill and introduce a wonderful ambience into the room. Finished with the fire? It goes away just as quickly. Really, it couldn’t be easier. The burner kit itself uses bioethanol, so it does not need any kind of flue or formal fireplace to function safely. There’s no wood to haul in, no ashes to haul out, and no flue to forget about opening (that happened to me once, and it filled the living room with smoke—thought my wife was gonna DIE laughing!).
![| [ © Guido Schiefer Melchiorstr. 14, 50670 K o e l n; Tel.: (+49)171.7 43 34 50; e-mail: gs@guidoschiefer.de; www.guidoschiefer.de; Konto: S t a d t s p a r k a s s e D o r t m u n d, Kto-Nr. 681003568, BLZ 44050199, IBAN DE86440501990681003568, BIC DORTDE33; JEGLICHE VERWENDUNG nur gegen HONORAR nach MFM-Liste, URHEBERVERMERK und BELEG; No Model release, bei Verwendung des Fotos ausserhalb journalistischer Zwecke bitte Ruecksprache mit dem Fotografen halten. Each use of the image is subject to a licence fee based on MFM. No model release. For any use other than for editorial purposes please contact the photographer. ]](http://www.cft411.com/images/SchulteDesignFireFurniture_69FB/Schulte4.jpg)
Well, as I said, Schulte has taken a good idea and made it more versatile with their other products, including the FIREBO-X, which is a more portable version of the fire furniture. You can take it to any room you like, even outdoors. Schulte also has a shelf available for those who would prefer a more permanent location, and they’ve taken this last idea and gone one better.
Schulte also has a version that can be hung on the wall and includes storage drawers at either end. When the fire is not in use, it looks like nothing more than one of those wonderful minimalist wall units that are so popular in Europe these days. Fireplaces are now being used in kitchens and bathrooms, so if you’ve always wanted one, but shied away because of the expense, maybe something like this will get you fired up!
Joseph
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