How to Create a Home Cinema in Your House

Create a home cinema to turn your room into the perfect place to unwind and relax.

It’s no wonder so many households up and down the UK have decided to create a home cinema. We’ve all learned the value of our living space in recent years. Coupled with the rising costs of going out for leisure activities, it makes perfect sense to create a comfortable, relaxing space in which to spend time.

But how do you create a home cinema in your house? There are a few key considerations — and we’ve rounded them all up into this guide on How to Create a Home Cinema.

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Photos: Ezee Glow Zara installation in media wall build

Follow the progress of this Ezee Glow Zara installation from start to finish.

Ezee Glow Zara installation media wall

It’s long been one of our best-selling electric fires, and this Ezee Glow Zara installation goes a long way to showing why it’s so popular.

DJH Joinery kindly shared photos showing how this media wall build — with the Ezee Glow Zara installed at is heart — progressed.

One of the key benefits of this fire is its versatility. In addition to being recessed in a media wall as shown here, the Ezee Glow Zara can also be wall mounted. It’s also a very affordable electric fire if you’re looking for a centrepiece for your media wall that won’t break the bank.

Let’s take a look at how this Ezee Glow Zara media wall was built.

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Photos: DIY media wall build and Ezee Glow Celestial installation

See how this DIY media wall build project progressed in our customer’s home.

DIY media wall build project

If you know your way around a toolbox, a DIY media wall build project is very simple to achieve. If you’d be comfortable building a stud wall, constructing a media wall is no more complicated than that.

Undertaking a DIY media wall build also means you’ll be able to save a considerable amount of money in your media wall build cost.

Richard Cook is one of many of our customers who opt to go down the DIY route when building a media wall in their home. He has kindly shared photos showing how his project progressed, which we’re now able to share with you.

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Gr8Fires January Sale Now Live: Up to 25% Off Stoves & Save £200 on Electric Media Wall Fires

Make big savings in the Gr8Fires January Sale

Gr8Fires January Sale

The Gr8Fires January Sale is now live with big discounts available on some of our best-selling wood burning stoves and electric fires until 15 January 2024.

Shop now to save up to 25% on wood-burning stoves or multi-fuel stoves and up to £200 on media wall electric fires.

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Gr8Fires Christmas 2023 Order Deadlines and Opening Hours

Last order dates and holiday closing information for Christmas 2023

Gr8Fires Christmas 2023

Christmas is rapidly approaching so it’s time to get your orders in if you want your new wood-burning stove or electric fire in time for Christmas 2023 or are hoping to squeeze in a DIY project over the holidays.

We’re strongly recommending that all orders needed for dispatch before Christmas are placed before the end of Tuesday, 19 December. We will continue to dispatch items until the end of the day on Thursday, 21 December, but please get your orders in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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Black Friday 2023

Gr8Fires Black Friday Deals 2023 | Electric Fires Black Friday 2023

Discover the deals you can expect at Gr8Fires.co.uk for Black Friday 2023.

It’s time for another round of Black Friday deals at Gr8Fires.co.uk. Get ready for some great discounts. We always keep our products at very affordable prices and we always offer the lowest price guarantee on all of our electric fires, wood-burning stoves and other items, but we also try to create extra savings for you on Black Friday, which is one of the biggest shopping events of the year. This year we’re offering discounts on the Ezee Glow range of electric fires.

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Meet the Ezee Glow Crescent — a modern electric stove

Discover a new, stylish and modern electric stove from Ezee Glow.

Ezee Glow Crescent modern electric stove

If you’re looking to create the elegant, minimal looks of a contemporary wood-burning stove without the cost and upheaval of a woodburner installation, look no further than the Ezee Glow Crescent.

New to our best-selling Ezee Glow electric fires range, the Ezee Glow Crescent is a beautiful modern electric stove. It offers the aesthetics of some of the best wood-burning stoves currently on the market — just with a lot of other advantages. Let’s explore some of those now.

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Best Wood Burning Stoves of 2024

They’re smarter, more environmentally friendly and more efficient than ever. Meet the best wood-burning stoves available in the UK in 2024.

When you’re buying a stove for your home sometimes it can be hard to see the wood(burners) for the trees. With so many appliances from which to choose, just which are the best woodburning stoves?

Perhaps you have a rough idea of what you’re looking for. Do you want your stove’s design to be contemporary or traditional? A wood-burning stove or multi-fuel stove? Cast iron or steel?

Or maybe you’re just hoping to browse until you find what you’re looking for. In any case, you’re probably looking for some wood burning stove reviews and recommendations to help you in your search. So, that’s exactly what we’re going to do here: put together a selection of the best wood burning stoves to give you some ideas and focus your search for your new stove.

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The best electric fires to buy for your home in 2024

Best electric fires

With a wide array of appliances available, finding the best electric fires can be difficult and time-consuming. If you’re currently shopping for an electric fire, in this article we’ll make your search a bit easier by showcasing some of the best electric fires that meet your requirements.

Deciding on which is the best electric fire for your home will depend on a handful of factors, including the size of the property and the style of fire you want. Some electric fires are contemporary while others are more classic in style. Deciding on which look you want will come down to the decor, the age and style of the property and the look you want to create.

But the main differentiating factor in deciding which are the best electric fires for your home is how you want to install the fire. If you want the fire to sit within an existing fireplace opening that will present a different range of options than if you’re hoping to mount an electric fire to a wall below your TV.

There are different types of electric fires to suit the various types of installation, including freestanding electric fires, wall-mounted electric fires, built-in electric fires, electric fire suites and electric stove fires.

Let’s explore each of those types in more detail to help you find some of the best electric fires for your home.

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