DaVinci

How Did DaVinci Start?

DaVinci started inside Travis Industries, not as a company of its own. Travis traces its roots to Lopi, the wood stove company Kurt Rumens started with $625 in a Bellevue, Washington, garage. Lopi became Travis Industries after its 1988 sale to Spokane manufacturer Travis Garske, and in 2003 Travis moved from Kirkland into a former Boeing plant in Mukilteo.^[21] Travis bought Fireplace Xtrordinair in 1992.^[18]

The DaVinci idea was modular. On March 6, 2014, Travis filed a provisional patent application for a “modular linear fireplace system,” with Rumens among the named inventors. It describes linear, corner, and end units that connect on an alignment track to make one long fireplace, with viewing areas 12 or 20 inches tall.^[14] Travis's trademark registration dates the first use of the DaVinci name to September 10, 2014,^[15] and by October 2014 the new DaVinci website was introducing “DaVinci Custom Fireplaces” as made-to-order units in lengths from 5 to 20 feet, with U.S. and foreign patents pending.^[12] Rumens says his son Shelby helped him launch the DaVinci line.^[1]

That first year, DaVinci Custom Fireplaces won the Vesta Award for Best New Gas Fireplace.^[16] The patent was granted in October 2019.^[14]

What Is a DaVinci Custom Fireplace?

It's a linear gas fireplace built to your measurements. The DaVinci Collection comes in single-sided, see-through, left and right corner, pier, bay, island, and L-shaped layouts, in lengths from 2 to 66 feet and six glass heights from 12 to 58 inches.^[2][3] The firebox ships in modules that bolt together on site with no extra framing or machinery, and DaVinci quotes lead times of 4 to 8 weeks. The fireplaces are hand-built in the Pacific Northwest.^[3][11]

The custom line is built for looks. DaVinci described its first fireplaces as decorative and non-heating,^[13] and the custom models are listed to ANSI Z21.50 and CSA 2.22, the standard for vented gas fireplaces.^[11] Their double-pane Safe Touch Glass stays cool enough that no protective screen is needed, and an optional HeatSmart heat exchanger adds heat.^[4] DaVinci's Maestro Collection adds vertical and square fireplaces, and the Unity option links up to five fireplaces to one system.^[2][4] Maestro won the 2017 Vesta Art of Fire Award, and Unity won two 2018 Vesta Awards, including Best in Show.^[16]

Custom DaVinci fireplaces are made to order, and DaVinci takes a bid request for each project,^[12][2] so they aren't on our model pages. Our model pages cover DaVinci's GreenSmart Electric fireplaces, listed below. If your project needs a Firenze or a custom DaVinci, ask a dealer about it.

Is the DaVinci Firenze Gas or Electric?

Gas. The Firenze Collection is DaVinci's line of heater-rated gas fireplaces, with the look of a DaVinci at a lower price than a custom build. There are four models, all with 20-inch-tall frameless glass: the 60-inch Single-Sided, the 66-inch Left Corner and Right Corner, and the 72-inch Bay, which you can see from three sides.^[5]

Each Firenze burns from 25,000 to 50,000 Btu an hour, and a quiet, remotely located 400 CFM convection fan moves the heat into spaces up to 2,500 square feet.^[5] You can choose crushed glass or a rock-ember and glass bed, logs, driftwood, or stones, and black painted, black glass, or brick liners. A TouchSmart wall control runs the flame, the overhead accent lights, and the LED underlighting, and an optional CoolSmart TV Wall Kit lets you mount a TV above it.^[5] One difference from the custom line: Safe Touch Glass isn't available on the Firenze.^[4]

What Are DaVinci GreenSmart Electric Fireplaces?

They're DaVinci's electric fireplaces, and they need no gas line, vent, or chimney. The flames are reflected on and around high-definition logs, in a bold Lodge Fire or a modern Urban Fire in orange, yellow, or white, with crackling audio and sparks if you want them.^[8][6] You can run them from an app, a remote, Google Home or Alexa, or the on-board controls.^[6]

Kurt Rumens, who runs Travis Industries, admits he used to hate electric fireplaces because they were only “fire-ish.” In 2026, sitting in front of Travis's new electric fireplaces, he said the newest ones are “a whole new ballgame.”^[1]

There are five sizes. The 39, 51, 59, and 71 are about 39 to 71 inches wide, and each can be set up as a single-sided, left corner, right corner, or bay fireplace. They put out 4,800 Btu an hour on 120 volts or 9,500 on 240 volts.^[8] The 31 is the small one: a 31-inch unit that works as a fireplace or as an insert in an existing masonry or metal fireplace, with 5,000 Btu an hour on 120 volts. It doesn't come in the corner or bay layouts.^[8][7]

The GreenSmart Electric fireplaces are listed as electric room heaters, to UL 2021 and CSA C22.2 No. 46,^[9][10] and they carry a two-year warranty on parts and labor.^[8]

Who Makes DaVinci Fireplaces?

Travis Industries, Inc., at 12521 Harbour Reach Drive in Mukilteo, Washington.^[9] Travis owns the DaVinci trademark, which was registered in 2025.^[15] Its other brands are Lopi, Fireplace Xtrordinair, and Fire Garden, and Travis calls itself the largest privately owned hearth manufacturer in North America.^[17]

Kurt Rumens, who started Lopi, is Travis's president and general manager, and Ben Barber is DaVinci's brand manager.^[21][19] In early 2025, Travis had about 450 employees.^[21] Our other Travis pages tell the stories of Lopi and Fireplace Xtrordinair, and Avalon, a Travis stove brand that was no longer for sale by February 2018.^[20]