 | Husbands, WivesHow Romantic a Fireplace IsPosted Friday, July 18th, 2008 and visited 80 times, 1 so far today by MInTheGap |
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How many of you have fireplaces?
Ok, put your hands down.
One of the things that my wife and I were looking for in a new house was a fireplace. It’s not just the benefit of having something different generate heat for the winter—it’s the romance that a fireplace brings.
Whether it’s Gas Fires, Electric Fires, or plain old Wood Fires, there’s nothing that beats the crackling sound, the warm colors and the warmth.
When I was growing up, my family had both a wood stove and a fireplace, and though we did not use the fireplace much because of soot build up in our chimney, it was something that was magical every time we lit it.
There are a lot of memories I have attached to that fireplace and the wood burning stove. Memories of chopping and splitting wood. Memories of sliding the wood down to the cellar. Memories of the warmth of the air that came out of the wood stove. It was sad to see them upgrade to oil.
And now with people buying corn stoves, pellet stoves and other kinds of stoves with the cost of natural gas, now’s the time to investigate getting a fireplace installed—even if it’s a gas or electric one—because of the many benefits. Not the least of which is the atmosphere it creates.
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July 19th, 2008 at 1:10 am Subscribed to Comments
Yeah, fireplaces rock. I’ve been trying to convince hubby of this for some time now. And I think gas and electric fireplaces are cheating. You’ve got to have a real fire - part of the romance of the fireplace is the heat and you can’t get a roaring fire from a stinkin’ gas fireplace.
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July 24th, 2008 at 9:20 am
@AG: When we went on our honeymoon to Pigeon Forge, TN, the cabin that we were in had a double sided fireplace– you could see it from the living room or the bedroom. The nice part about it was that it had a timer, so you could set it to burn for a little while or a long while, and didn’t have to worry about sparks, embers, or having to get out of bed to put more wood on it to keep it alive.
Isn’t gas better than nothing?
July 24th, 2008 at 9:28 am Subscribed to Comments
Gas is better than nothing, absolutely.
When I was an assistant for a team of Realtors, I got to tour a bunch of million dollar houses one day. I found my dream bathroom in that tour. There was a two-sided fireplace that sat between the master bedroom and the bathroom. And the bathroom had a clothes dryer set into the wall above one end of the garden tub so your towels could be ready and warm when you’re finished with your bath.
It was kind of interesting that those two features were the only features in millions of dollars worth of amenities I actually liked. The rest of the homes were so gaudy.
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July 24th, 2008 at 10:05 am
@AG: This cabin had almost an open floor plan, and the jacuzzi was right next to the king sized bed. They had an in-the-closet washer/dryer combo…
It’s just too much of a pain to get all the way down to the basement to warm up the towels, ya know?