This post really isn't exciting to anyone but me, but that's okay. I love our double-sided fireplace that serves both the family room and the living room. It's a great focal point in our house. However, as our house was built 30 years ago, it was originally wood-burning. The previous owners put in this monstrosity of log set (which I recently learned isn't even appropriate for home fireplaces such as ours - it was ventless or vent free or something like that).
See all those knobs on the bottom? Turning on our fireplace took a lot of time and pushing/turning/pulling of those knobs in precisely the right direction and sequence. It was a huge pain and these acts frequently made me yell out loud. I decided it was time to bite the bullet and redo the fireplace interior.
The girls and I picked out new logs a few weeks ago. We had to wait for them to be special ordered since they were designed for a single sided fireplace. We did have the option of going log-less, which looked cool in the showroom but was too modern for our traditional brick. We got a little glimpse of what it would have been during the exchange of logs today.
It took about 45-minutes start to finish for our new logs to be in and burning beautifully tonight. Perfect timing because after our initial early freezes in November, it looks like our winter temps are settling in for a while!
The girls and I are pretty pleased with our pick. And, miracle of miracles, Steve (who was out of town when we went log shopping) thinks they're great, too! The best news of all is that all of those ridiculous knobs are gone. Now with the simple flick of a lighter, we have a beautiful, warm fire to be enjoyed throughout the house. Merry early Christmas to me (and all of us)!
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