Outdoor Fireplaces to Keep You Warm No Matter the Season

Whatever the season, a crackling fire is a luxurious addition to your outdoor seating area . Whether it’s a camp-style fire pit or a full fireplace and chimney, adding an outdoor heating source will keep alfresco dinners and drinks going even after the temperature dips. If you’re looking for a way to get more use out of your outdoor space and make summer last just a little bit longer, click through these stylish outdoor spaces from the AD archives and you’re sure to find inspiration for your own terrace or patio. Before you know it you’ll be breaking out the logs and toasting marshmallows.

For South Park cocreator Trey Parker’s retreat in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Trilogy Partners selected boulders for the outdoor spa to give it the look of a natural hot spring. The stone pavers are heated so the multiuse space can be enjoyed year-round, even in the snow.

The pool courtyard at a residence in Santa Monica, California, by Appleton & Assoc. is complete with a futon and a freestanding fireplace.

In Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber’s Mexican villa by Legoretta + Legoretta, the outdoor living room’s seating, made of niwala limestone from Spain, is topped by cushions clad in a Ralph Lauren Home fabric.

Travertine from central Mexico anchors George Clooney’s outdoor living area and fire pit in his Mexican villa by Legoretta + Legoretta.

A fireplace anchors a courtyard off the great room of a 10,000-square-foot property in California’s Napa Valley. Mark W. Bowers was the landscape architect.

Architects Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and Shelton, Mindel & Assoc. joined forces to create an Aspen, Colorado, home that showcases its stunning valley setting and vistas of majestic mountains. A sunken outdoor seating area is furnished with an armchair, an ottoman, a modular sofa, and a side table, all by Kettal.

In a Westchester County, New York, home by Vicente Wolf, the chairs’ seat cushions are made of an Edelman leather, and the bespoke banquette is covered in a Stark fabric. The poolside pergola features a Samsung outdoor television, sofas and ottomans by Crate and Barrel, and Pottery Barn tables.

In the courtyard of Khloé Kardashian’s Martyn Lawrence Bullard–designed house in Calabasas, California, the fireplace surround is clad in tile designed by Bullard for Ann Sacks; the mirror is by RH.

A brick hearth anchors the lounge area on the terrace of a Manhattan duplex designed by Dufner Heighes.

On the terrace of a Connecticut poolhouse by architect Gil Schafer, the woven seating is placed around the outdoor fireplace.

Edward Siegel created the trellis and fireplace for the rooftop terrace above the master bedroom of a Manhattan apartment.

At a rural Connecticut getaway by designer Mark Cunningham, the terrace is outfitted with Barlow Tyrie furniture accented with ALT for Living pillows.

A vintage sunburst mirror hangs above the outdoor fireplace on Suzanne Kasler’s stylish Atlanta terrace.

At a historic Los Angeles mansion restored by Marc Appleton and Windsor Smith, a newly created loggia is decorated with Gothic dining chairs by McKinnon and Harris.

Arranged near the outdoor fireplace of Susan and Gary Garrabrant’s Southampton, New York, home are Country Casual sofas and chairs cushioned in a Sunbrella fabric.

At a poolhouse in Westport, Connecticut, stools by Chista are grouped before the fireplace in the sunken conversation space; the baskets are by Calvin Klein Home.

Olson Kundig Architects designed this oceanfront home in Los Cabos, Mexico, where the rooftop lounge features a pigmented-concrete fireplace.

Twine-wrapped lanterns are suspended from the slatted canopy over George Clooney’s Baja, Mexico, courtyard, which features a built-in fireplace.

The stone terrace of designer and antiques dealer Richard Shapiro’s Malibu beach house is furnished with rattan and wicker chairs and an early-20th-century octagonal table painted deep red. The large ceramic jar is 16th-century Thai.

On the rear terrace of designer Jenni Kayne’s family-friendly Los Angeles home, Summit Furniture armchairs upholstered in a Perennials outdoor fabric are arranged in front of the fireplace.

The loggia of this Hamptons home, designed by Brian Sawyer, is outfitted with a built-in fireplace, plus pendant lights, seating, tables, and a rug, all by RH.

A terrace offers wide-open views of Upper Saranac Lake and the Adirondacks in upstate New York. The seating is by Summit Furniture, the petrified-wood stools are by Andrianna Shamaris, and the vintage rugs are from Sacco Carpet; the blanket is by Pendleton Woolen Mills.

At this Thom Filicia–decorated home in upstate New York , a fieldstone fireplace is the focal point of the dining porch, where Christian Liaigre director’s chairs are joined by a blue leather occasional table from Filicia’s collection for Vanguard Furniture and wicker armchairs; the cable-knit pillows are by Ralph Lauren Home.

The fireplace anchoring the enclosed porch of a compound in Maine was crafted of local stone. The custom-made twig chandelier is by Paul Ferrante, the wicker seating and teak cocktail and dining tables are by Janus et Cie, and the white curtain and throw-pillow fabric as well as the paisley used for the cushions are by Kravet. The custom-made outdoor rug is by Perennials.

Flanking the rear garden’s fireplace at a London townhouse renovated by Philip Vergeylen are chairs clad in a Manuel Canovas cotton; the cocktail table and sofas are by RH, the latter dressed in a Perennials fabric.

Sutherland furniture outfits the terrace and pool pavilion at the Los Angeles home of architect Mark Rios.

The Long Island home of Lyor Cohen and Xin Li embraces its majestic setting on Noyack Bay with numerous outdoor spaces, including this sunken fireplace area with built-in seating.