There is nothing better to me than houses that have fireplaces. To me a fireplace is not only functional but romantic and nice to look at plus it would be awesome to relax by the fire with Melinda after a long day.
When we lived in North Wilmington about 4 years ago our house had a real working fireplace but we never used it once and I think the reason was intimidation. I had no clue how to start or maintain a fire with wood and was totally afraid of burning the house down. Looking back I really wish I would have taken the time to learn how to work the fireplace.
I like when Melinda and I take a trip and rent a hotel room and the room has a nice gas fireplace. In my opinion I prefer gas or electric because they are easy which is essential because I don’t have any knowledge when it comes to fireplaces.
You think I would have some knowledge in wood burning fireplaces since my grandfather has had one all of my life. I remember growing up and watching my grandfather chop wood and stack it all in preparation for the winter. My grandparents have a wood stove which they still use to this day but to me that looks like a lot of work. You need to chop wood and store it before you can ever start a fire. Then you need to start the fire and maintain it throughout the day as well as overnight if you looking to use it as a heating source which my grandparents do. I remember my grandfather maintaining the fire throughout the day with two knobs on the from that controlled the amount of airflow into the stove so that allowed him to control the temperature of the fire as well as how much wood he burned. It is crazy because I can remember him messing with the fire what seemed like every other minute. Who the heck has time to do that? LOL.
I do like the idea of a fireplace or woodstove for heating purposed but I need something that is easy to work as well as maintain. I also need something that is somewhat safe since we have three kids and two dogs. There would be nothing worse than one of them getting burnt because of a fireplace.
Do you have a fireplace in your house? Do you use it often? As a heating source?
