Jane, as usual, has a slideshow. It’s not much during the day, but it’s very convincing at night. Has an on-off switch for putting out a mild heat, or not; it sits right in the original fireplace, plugs into the wall. And artificial fireplaces have come a long, long way from the concrete logs they used to use. Now they’re LED, and energy-efficient. The variety we got, should you wonder, is Dimplex, and if anybody wants to know,\u00a0e-mail me and I’ll tell you what company we used: they’re super\u00a0nice. We priced getting the fireplace converted to gas, and\u00a0fainted: but since I’m allergic to woodsmoke and ash, and Jane’s\u00a0sensitive to petroleum fumes, \u00a0this was the perfect compromise. So we agreed that this would be our Christmas present to each other, and we’d get it early so as to be able to enjoy it all season. If you’ve got a dead fireplace you’re having to cover up, this is a reasonable way to restore it to niceness. And if you live in the south and don’t need the heat, the heat is an off-on switch at the top of the unit. For 50.00 more you can get a electric Kracklebox, which sits behind it and emits a fire-crackle sound, of all things. We’ll get that next year, likely. Our fireplace is now a\u00a0pretty thing and not an eyesore we have to decorate around. The funny thing is, it’s so real we keep moving flammable things away from it…just a subconscious conviction it’s hot. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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