The days are eventually shortened and the nights become lengthened.The air is now colder and chillier. These signs are clear indications that the winter season has finally arrived. A warmer home is needed as the winter season approaches to help us deal with cold weather.

Gone were the days of our reliance to wood and gas to fuel our fireplaces. In these modern times, we cope to technological advancements in everything that we use including our fireplaces. Recently, advancements in fireplace technology have taken place including the development of electric fireplaces. Electric fireplace along with electric fireplace mantels and stone fireplace surrounds have now become the new trend and provided a better alternative to replace our hassle-laden wood and gas fireplaces.

Fireplaces using wood as its main fuel, although aesthetically speaking, they look good; are considered to be obsolete and come with a lot of hassles. Fireplaces that use wood as its main fuel are considered outdated and poses a lot of problems despite its distinct beauty. Finding enough wood to keep its fire burning throughout the night is a daunting task, which most of us are so reluctant to do considering that most of us are tired from work and other daily activities. The accessibility to firewood is hard especially to most of us who do not have the access to it and are busy with more important things. Moreover, most of us do not have the financial capacity and are not willing to spend on fuel woods alone.

In recent years, gas fireplaces provided an alternative to wood fireplaces. Gas fireplaces are clean, less problematic, and are decorative like traditional wood fireplaces. Although it comes with numerous benefits, users have expressed dismay over the rising gas prices especially during the peak months when the demand for gas is high.Gas fireplaces also use natural gas as its main fuel, which is considered as one of the more expensive gas products.

Meanwhile, electric fireplaces as well the use of electric fireplace mantels and stone fireplace surrounds are increasing its popularity due to its affordable price, low maintenance nature and it's very easy to install. The price of electric fireplaces has dropped significantly along with other electronic equipment in recent years. Electric fireplaces together with the electric fireplace mantels and stone fireplace surrounds can be easily installed in places with electric outlet. It also poses lesser maintenance problems and eliminates the hassles of finding enough fuel to keep it burning.

Electric fireplaces are also comparable to that of the gas and wood fireplaces in terms of aesthetics, particularly with regards to the physical appearance of the electric fireplace mantels and its stone fireplace surrounds. Electric fireplaces come with a wide variety of stone fireplace surrounds and electric fireplace mantels depending on the customer's preference. In terms of its heating capability, electric fireplaces can heat up to 400 square feet of space. Temperature can also be controlled and be set at a preferred level through the use of a remote control.