To me, there's nothing that signals the beginning of the holiday season quite like the first time my family lights a fire in the fireplace. But these days, all grown up and in an apartment far away from that childhood hearth, the beginning of fall seemed a little extra chilly - in more ways than one. I know a lot of you probably feel the same. If you live in a house without a chimney or a an apart...
Growing up, I remember spending long evenings in the winter camped out around the fireplace at my grandparents house. I'd spend hours curled up by the fire reading, soaking in the heat and just enjoying watching the dancing of flames. But if you don't already have a fireplace, installing one is all but impossible - at least a traditional one. If you love the look of natural fire, but don't happen ...
Springtime is here, and it's got me itching to get outside. But while the days are getting longer, the nights aren't getting much warmer, and whether you live in the deserts of the southwest or up in the frozen north, a mid-evening temperature drop can put a quick stop to a nice night outside. That is, unless you follow the lead of our ancestors and... build a fire.
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On a cold winter night you usually snuggle up to a roaring warm fire, but one day you will run out of wood. You’ll want to run out to the store to get some more but then you think about, do I really want to use the time and money, not to mention the gasoline, a non-renewable resource to go out and buy some more wood. Your neighbor will kill you if you cut down another one of his trees.
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