A good stack of wood, as design element and functional solution, never gets old. Here are 10 examples of indoor piles done well.
N.B.: For keeping outside, see The Well-Kept Woodpile: 10 Tips to Stack and Care for Firewood Outdoors.
Above: At Tiina Laakonen’s house in the Hamptons, a perfectly-stacked wood pile is inset into the living room wall. Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home. For more of the house, see Rhapsody in Blue: A Finnish Stylist at Home in the Hamptons. 
Above: A bench at the Table on Ten retreat in the Catskills is built from stacks of wood. See more at A Catskills Cabin Up the Hill from a Local Favorite, Available for Rent. 
Above: Anthony Esteves keeps two open cabinets in the kitchen stacked with wood for the oven in his Spruce Head, Maine, house. Photography by Greta Rybus from The Soot House: Conjuring the Ghosts of Old New England on Spruce Head in Maine. 
Above: A neatly stacked wood pile next to the fireplace mantel at Michelle McKenna’s London house. Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista: A Manual for the Considered Home. For more of the house, see Steal This Look: A Fairy-tale Kitchen in London. 
Above: A full wall of stacked firewood at Lacrimi Si Sfinti restaurant in Bucharest, Romania, from Romanian Rustic Meets Nordic Modern. 
Above: Inset stacked firewood at Lidkoeb in Copenhagen from The Most Happening Bar in Copenhagen, Flames Included. 
Above: A built-in alcove for firewood stacks in Lisa Jones and James Hyatt’s house on Shelter Island. Photograph by Jonathan Hökklo from A Fashion Buyer’s Danish-Inspired Getaway on Shelter Island. 
Above: At design store and cafe Caro in Somerset, a nonworking fireplace turned wood pile alcove from Caro: A Design Shop by Way of Love in Somerset. 
Above: At the Ferry Boat Inn in Cornwall, a stack of firewood becomes a design element with ends painted red, green, and blue. Photograph from The Ferry Boat Inn: 15 Ideas to Steal from a Seaside Pub in Cornwall. 
Above: A living room with e15’s Tafel HP01 benches features a low wood pile running the length of the room. Photograph from Hive Modern. For more around the hearth, see our post 10 Favorites: Minimalist Fireplaces from Members of the Remodelista Architect/Designer Directory.
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