Cozy Ski Lodge Fireplace | Get the Look

Welcome to the second Vintage Ski Lodge Decor Series post on creating a cozy ski lodge fireplace in your home this holiday season.

Ski Lodge Fireplace

We start first with the actual fireplace.

Pellet Stove

In our case, it is a pellet stove insert, the Enviro M55 Multi-Fuel Stove, at our home in the mountains of Vermont.

We enjoy having a pellet stove in Vermont, and we run it 24/7 over the winter months. It is our primary source of heat for our entire home.

Most homes in Vermont have either a pellet stove or a wood-burning stove. As much as I enjoy a wood fire, I don’t enjoy stacking the wood to the amount one needs for a primary heat source.

We have neighbors who make a contest out of their wood-stacking skills!

Their woodpiles are fabulous. Seriously!

You may also enjoy seeing this Christmas Old Colonial Fireplace, Hearth, and Mantel from our home in Maine.

Wood Pellets

We burn approximately three pallets of wood pellet bags a winter, which costs us under $1,000 in total. One bag of wood pellets burns for about 24 hours.

So, a bag a day!

We will order our 3 pallets of pellets from a local provider, The Stove Depot, to be delivered in the fall, and we will store them inside our garage.

This year, we are burning the Ambiance Wood Pellets and really enjoying how clean they are burning.

Ski Lodge Fireplace Mantel

Our TV is mounted over our mantel, looking onto a large sectional and open kitchen. It’s so perfect for entertaining, watching sports, movies, etc…

You may see more of our winter white farmhouse kitchen here.

My friend Kim at Shiplap and Shells shares how to make these fabulous dried holiday oranges here.

Speaking of, have you seen the HBO documentary Dear Rider?

It’s a revealing documentary on how Jake Burton Carpenter took a favorite childhood pastime and developed it into an international cultural phenomenon called snowboarding out of a barn in Vermont.

We even knew a few people and places in the movie. So good!

We had our neighbors over last night and watched it all from our cozy ski lodge fireplace.

Another documentary you may enjoy is Crash Reel, which tells the amazing rise and life-changing fall of snowboarder Kevin Pearce of Vermont.

Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

Adding a small or even a large evergreen tree with simple white lights to a room adds that winter or Christmas charm.

I’ve decided this will be our only Christmas tree this year with just simple white lights, a blue bow, and a simple basket.

This year we are going to be hitting the slopes on Christmas day so keeping it very simple for the holidays is important to me.

I feel less cluttered and more in the spirit.

Most of our Christmas shopping is done too with a visit to one of our favorite places, Stonewall Kitchen.

Check out some of my favorite Stonewall Kitchen Gift Baskets here.

Cozy Ski Lodge Fireplace Built-Ins

All decorated for winter with thrifted and flea market finds from my time with Thrifting with the Gals.

You may also like this Salvaged Window & Brass Candlestick DIY, which hangs on each side of the built-ins.

And what’s cozier and more inviting in front of a ski lodge fireplace than a Bernese Mountain Dog?

Am I right?

Meet our Ella!

See all the changes in this living room space today in the Vintage Turkish Rugs: Elevate Your Living Room Design post.

Now it’s time to rewatch Dear Rider while watching the snowfall in front of our cozy ski lodge fireplace…

Happy Holidays!

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