29 August 2024 Home is where the Hearth is From the dawn of civilisation, fire has been our steadfast guardian and the heart of the home. Its essential importance to hunter-gatherer c ... Read more
14 August 2024 The Art of Fire: Yves Klein As much as a certain shade of blue, fire was aesthetic perfection for the artist Yves Klein. In 1961, a year before his death, he travelled ... Read more
8 August 2024 Fireside Companions: Historical Fire Screens When homes were heated by burning logs, the fire screen was commonly placed in front of the fireplace to shield a room’s occupants from the ... Read more
26 July 2024 Louise’s Guide to Paris Eldvarm is headquartered in Paris since a few years back. Our founder Louise is often asked for her top recommendations for restaurants, bar ... Read more
18 July 2024 How the Fire Made Us Human Stories are integral to our humanity, connecting us in ways that transcend time and culture. Originating around the fire, storytelling emerg ... Read more
13 May 2024 Fireside Companions: Andirons The andiron or ‘fire dog’ is a key feature of the fireplace that has existed since Ancient Greece Fires can be lit on the floor of a firepla ... Read more
8 May 2024 Painting with Fire: Encounter with Steven Spazuk Meet Canadian artist Steven Spazuk, whose exquisite, minutely detailed works rely on the little-known technique of fumage – or painting ... Read more
20 September 2023 Fire Festivals: Up Helly Aa Discover Up Helly Aa, Shetland’s Viking-inspired winter festival, featuring torch-lit processions and a grand galley burning in Lerwic ... Read more
4 April 2023 Stories by the Fire: An Evening with Hygge Life In March our founder Louise Varre hosted a Stories by the Fire dinner alongside our good friends at Hygge Life. The event took place in ... Read more
23 January 2022 A Brief History of Fireplace TV Videos of roaring fireplaces have gone viral in the past decade, but the peculiar phenomenon of fake fire television dates back far longer.& ... Read more
19 October 2021 Seven Searing Books About Fire Few things are more comforting than curling up by a fire with a good book – and in a sense, all books make naturally good fireside tale ... Read more
15 June 2021 How Stories Were Born Around the Fire Fire sparked our love of stories, and even helped to forge human culture. In an age of electricity, it’s more important than ever to guard t ... Read more