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berrygirl
Braselton, GA
(Zone 7b)
January 11, 2006
12:10 AM Post #1968472
| Just wondering what kind y'all have? Anyone want to show us pictures? I will have to wait to clean mine up a bit before posting, as it's white- LOL! I will show you a Xmas pic taken a few years back.
I have always wanted a true masonry fireplace but due to $$ and a small living room, I had to settle for a tiny pre-fab. I'm not complaining though, b/c a few wks ago it came in handy during our icestorm and power outage.
Anyone ever seen a pic of Ruth& Billy Graham's huge fireplace? I'll try to find one and post it. It is a monster but it is also beautiful.
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nannybee
Boone, IA
January 11, 2006
3:39 PM Post #1969731
| This is my fireplace. It's nice and big and we love it. We can use all those big pieces of wood in it with no problem. The room looks so bare here. This is the picture the architect took shortly after we moved into the house. We now have flowers and pottery on top of the cabinets on both sides of the fireplace and it really looks nice. We have 14 ft. ceilings in our living room and lots of windows that face the north. It's a beautiful view overlooking a creek but in the winter it is never real warm in the room. Our house was made from Styrofoam forms with poured concrete inside it so it's very energy efficient and we have very good windows but it still is not a cozy room. We have a nice big wood burner in the walkout basement family room and spend a lot of our wintertime TV watching time down there. But nothing beats a real fireplace with real wood. We had thought about a gas fireplace but I was staying at my sisters before we built the house and she had a gas fireplace and I realized it never changes and I love the look of a fireplace that changes. 
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nannybee
Boone, IA
January 11, 2006
3:49 PM Post #1969752
| Here's a picture of our fun fireplace. It's a wood-burning oven that we have in the kitchen. The area underneath is not for burning wood but for wood storage, although I don't store wood in the house because I don't want bugs. I keep a basket with seasonal decorations there. The wood goes in the area above. You start a fire about 2 hours before cooking and the oven gets very hot, about 750 degrees plus. The masonry get very hot and we usually cook pizzas. I use a dough that the manufacturer gave us that calls for gluten as you don't use a pan. I have a brass bristle brush and I move the fire to the back and sides and put the pizza directly on the oven floor. In about 2 to 3 minutes we've got pizza. Of course, the oven didn't come cheap and DH always likes to tell people they're getting a hundred dollar pizza when you figure in the price of the stove. But we've been here 2 years now and served a lot of pizzas so I think they're probably down to $75.00. We've had a lot of fun with the oven. I originally wanted an Aga stove but when I found out they were on all the time I decided that just wouldn't be comfortable in Iowa during the summer and my office is on one side of the kitchen and I didn't want to be hot all summer. So, since we'd planned on the extra money for the Aga, I had to spend it somewhere and we ended up with the oven. But it is a lot of fun. Even my extended family wants pizza for Thanksgiving. And the thing is really easier to use than we thought. We were looking forward to some big battles in the kitchen but even our first pizza was edible. If the oven is as hot as it should be the pizzas are easy to get in and out even without a pan. 
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nannybee
Boone, IA
January 11, 2006
3:51 PM Post #1969758
| Here's the house from the back. 
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nannybee
Boone, IA
January 11, 2006
3:53 PM Post #1969761
| And here's the front of the house. Wish I could say it was all landscaped now but at least with have grass now! We've started but with a huge garden and 8 acres to work with it's gonna take a while. 
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berrygirl
Braselton, GA
(Zone 7b)
January 11, 2006
3:53 PM Post #1969762
| Nanny,
Gorgeous!! I have to say though I'm a little envious- well OK, a lot!! Your kitchen oven sounds divine! Does it heat up the room very much in summer?
Mine is a wood fireplace too. It's just small. |
berrygirl
Braselton, GA
(Zone 7b)
January 11, 2006
3:55 PM Post #1969767
| While I was posting, you posted the exterior pics. PLEASE go to my thread in the photo forum entitled 'show us your home' and post them there also so we can all enjoy your gorgeous home- and drool!! LOL! |
Chelone
(Zone 6a)
January 14, 2006
9:38 PM Post #1977198
| We have a Woodstock Soapstone Co. "Fireview" that is just heading into it's 15th. year warming our home. I FINALLY "finished" the surface of the interior chimney, added the brackets that support the mantel and am struggling to clean up and add some "polish" to the wood storage/kindling-newspaper/ash collection aspect of having a stove.
Struggling on that, frankly! :) |
DaveNH
Hudson, NH
(Zone 5a)
February 1, 2006
7:23 PM Post #2016151
| Hi,
Here's a pic of my gas fireplace. I was a DIY project, had no Idea what it was going to look like while I was doing it..lol. It is the sole heat source for the addition. Link to a few more pics.
[HYPERLINK@www.myhudsonplace.com]
Dave
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lizh
N.C. Mts., NC
(Zone 6b)
February 1, 2006
11:35 PM Post #2016695
| Wow, your pictures look really nice, love the big screen TV. |
weegy12
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
(Zone 10b)
February 2, 2006
10:03 PM Post #2018736
| I posted a picture of my fireplace in "my poor fireplace" if you'd like to see...I didn't see this thread before that posting! |
WigglyPaw
Hastings, MI
(Zone 6a)
February 3, 2006
3:37 PM Post #2020068
| Hooray!!!
Its in and working!!
Lou and I have been waiting for about 10 years to get to this point!!!!!
Now all we need is a bear rug and to shoo the dogs away from the front of it! LOLOL
Its a Tractor Supply Stove Magnolia. Very good ratings on stove sites. Also, the
bestest part, is it was a return after someone used it for 4 hours, and we bought it
from Tractor Supply with full warranty for half price!! Only $400!!! Knock me over
with a feather!!!
My DH installed the beautiful tiles underneath, and the stove men came and did
the whole installation in about 4 hours for $948. That included the pipes and the
work.
We had the insurance man out yesterday, and he said it was "perfect" and then
we went ahead and fired it up.
Lou used his new Husqvarna 350 saw outside on some old dead trees, and
we got a rick and a half for $40 of hardwoods delivered too. the fire is WAYYYYY
Hot!
I bought a magnetic thermometer to keep it at optimal burn temps, and the
little steamer is from TSC with a bear on top, only $13!!! Sure beats those
$100 ones from Hearth and Home.
The Pug girls and our Mastiff love it. Also, the siamese kitty came up from the
cellar last night and today is part of the family in front of this wonderful
heating unit. Its so clean and none smokey. What a joy.
We pop the logs in through the slider door, waist height for me, and its so easy!!!
It took me 2 matches to light it this morning, I was disgusted with myself!! should
be one match. and, when the nights get really cold, it shouldn't have to be
relit in the morning at all, what with the great dampers and all.
What a great stove. We are sooooooo Happy!!!!
Regards to all
sheri
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weegy12
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
(Zone 10b)
February 4, 2006
3:23 PM Post #2022467
| That's beautiful, you have a darned good right to be happy. I love your pooches!! |
stellapathic
Cambria, CA
(Zone 10a)
February 11, 2006
9:17 PM Post #2038710
| I moved into this place in August, and still hasn't been cold enough to actually build a fire. I just love the fireplace though. The mantle is a very thick chunk of native Cambrian pine. This was during our horrendous wind storm that took out the power for three days. I was glad I had lots of candles to make it through. 
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tgif
Starkville, MS
 February 12, 2006
10:24 AM Post #2039797
| My husband built the log cabin we live in and he cut and sanded the mantle for the fireplace. It is so cozy to sit in front of on cold mornings that it can be difficult to get away from. 
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tgif
Starkville, MS
February 12, 2006
10:31 AM Post #2039814
| This is the picture my Mom painted for her Christmas cards this past year. She took several of my pics and individually painted each card. She has done pictures of all my sibs kids in the past, but since I have only fur kids she chose this one to use on the cards. 
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haighr
Hagerstown, MD
(Zone 6a)
February 20, 2006
11:50 AM Post #2058226
| Great looking fires everyone. I wish ours had a raised hearth, but not. This is a pic of ours in the summer, I used to put in a large candelabra and line the inside with foil to give a real glowing effect.
No more because in january 06 we changed to gas logs and now it must stay put. Wonder what to do with the candles and huge candelabra?
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haighr
Hagerstown, MD
(Zone 6a)
February 20, 2006
12:10 PM Post #2058274
| Here's a better photo 
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stellapathic
Cambria, CA
(Zone 10a)
February 20, 2006
3:32 PM Post #2058726
| I'd think it would look just as nice outside the screen when you're not using the fireplace. Don't know as you can tell in the photo but mine is filled with candles too. But they're the tall hurricane type in glass and I can set them in windowsills when not in the fireplace. |
haighr
Hagerstown, MD
(Zone 6a)
February 21, 2006
10:55 AM Post #2060423
| Thought about that, but the wax drips so badly it makes a mess. Worked okay inside as there was foil to catch it, but not sure what to put under it on the hearth? |
stellapathic
Cambria, CA
(Zone 10a)
February 21, 2006
4:06 PM Post #2061037
| I can't really see the hearth in your pics, but something the same color that might blend in? I use the lids to my large rubbermaid tubs when I put a grouping of candles on carpet, but then they're the same green so it looks pretty ok. |
weegy12
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
(Zone 10b)
March 24, 2006
1:15 PM Post #2136137
| Here's mine. We enjoy the fire so much and it heats the house too.
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england
(United Kingdom)
July 24, 2006
8:05 AM Post #2541110
| I cant believe how many nice fireplaces you have; my fireplace is the picture left of this text...
Anyway i'll be back later
Vince
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stellapathic
Cambria, CA
(Zone 10a)
July 24, 2006
12:20 PM Post #2541903
| Vince, I just adore the colors on the walls and choice of accents for your wonderful fireplace. Very nice. |
pepper23
KC Metro area, MO
(Zone 5b)
July 24, 2006
8:28 PM Post #2543980
| Vince, great fireplace and wall!! Love it. love it, love it!!! |
stellapathic
Cambria, CA
(Zone 10a)
July 24, 2006
10:21 PM Post #2544551
| So fifties, isn't it? I keep coming back to look. Really great. |
ssdogwood
Lake Charles, LA
August 5, 2006
10:28 PM Post #2591151
| Hi, thought I'd include my fireplace in this great thread. The weather really doesn't get that cold in Louisiana but I love it when it does. We light our fireplace with wood and love the smell of the fire. My daughter and I installed the blue tiles around the mantel using a spatula to spread the mortar and duck tape to hold the tiles when drying. We were ambitious and couldn't wait for the proper tools.
Oh well, its nine years old and still works great.
thanks for looking, 
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stellapathic
Cambria, CA
(Zone 10a)
August 5, 2006
10:37 PM Post #2591213
| Doesn't that look spectacular?! What an eye for design you have. I know what you mean about it never really being cold enough to thoroughly appreciate a fireplace. But yours looks great just because, whether you use it much or not. I love the mirror too. Did you do the painting on it? |
ssdogwood
Lake Charles, LA
August 5, 2006
11:26 PM Post #2591364
| Thanks for the compliment. I white washed the fireplace mirror and a special English plate is displayed on the mantel. The tiles are from Portugal ,the giant vase is from India and the old blue graniteware if from my Grandmothers kitchen. Blue and white has always been my favorite, don't know why but it just is! |
stellapathic
Cambria, CA
(Zone 10a)
August 5, 2006
11:34 PM Post #2591392
| That's so cool, that all the pieces have that great history. I see that you know exactly how to use your live for blue and white. Is the plate Spode? |
ssdogwood
Lake Charles, LA
August 6, 2006
11:06 AM Post #2592350
| Thanks for the compliments. Yes, the plate is Spode and a favorite of mine. |
stellapathic
Cambria, CA
(Zone 10a)
August 6, 2006
12:23 PM Post #2592608
| That plate is the kind of thing that makes you nervous having sitting about like that here in earthquake country. Gorgeous. |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
September 14, 2006
10:34 AM Post #2722099
| Know I cannot compete with you guys but I decided to take some MDF - wall texture compound, $100.00 and managed to do the following for a little area that I'm working on in the basement...$40.00 took most of my budget and it was for the mantle..the electric logs (garage sale find) cost $20.00..because it's damp in the basement I will purchase an electric insert before winter sets in...the tiles and stones are very dimentional even though it does not show..I shaded and highlighted them and did faux ivy...think it turned out well...then I was off to do more faux projects... 
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haighr
Hagerstown, MD
(Zone 6a)
September 14, 2006
12:00 PM Post #2722396
| I think you did a spendid job.
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bstodd
Calhoun, KY
December 20, 2006
6:29 PM Post #3014919
| We bought an old house a couple years ago. It has five fireplaces in it. This is the fireplace in the bedroom. 
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berrygirl
Braselton, GA
(Zone 7b)
December 20, 2006
7:32 PM Post #3015076
| GORGEOUS!! You said it had 5 so you gotta show us more. |
bstodd
Calhoun, KY
December 20, 2006
10:30 PM Post #3015524
| Ok, Here is another fireplace, this one is in the front livingroom. We need to replace the bottom floor tile, but it is in working order. 
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bstodd
Calhoun, KY
December 20, 2006
10:36 PM Post #3015538
| The third on is in an upstairs bedroom. It is useable, but needs some work. 
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stellapathic
Cambria, CA
(Zone 10a)
December 20, 2006
10:36 PM Post #3015543
| Wow, look at that tiger oak, wonderful green tile and...hmmm, what do you call that piece (the panel?) with the girl in a branch? Awesome fireplace. |
bstodd
Calhoun, KY
December 20, 2006
10:38 PM Post #3015546
| This is the fourth fireplace which is also in an upstairs bedroom. It has not been opened or cleaned. As you can see the duct tape. 
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bstodd
Calhoun, KY
December 20, 2006
10:42 PM Post #3015555
| Stellapathic, I'm not sure what the panel it is called. But they all had different covers over them.
The fifth fireplace, which is the one we use to heat the house is just brick. Not very pretty at all. So sorry berrygirl, even I don't have the nerve to show that one. |
terryr
Bureau County, IL
(Zone 5a)
December 20, 2006
11:01 PM Post #3015584
| I live in an old home too. I haven't taken a recent picture, so the stuff on it were just pretty much thrown on it. It's amazing to me also how the color on the wall doesn't show that it's exactly a color in the tile. This is a coal burning fireplace that the PO knocked the chimney off where it comes out the roof. Big bucks we're guessing to rebuild the chimney up. Someday we hope. I've got a guy coming tomorrow who's going to put in maple where tiles are missing. Our hardwoods are also maple, so I'm sure it'll look much better when he's done. 
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Ticker
Lisbon, IA
(Zone 5a)
December 20, 2006
11:03 PM Post #3015588
| Wow, the mantles on your fireplaces, bstodd, are fantastic!! We have just one fireplace and it's not in working order at the moment. We will put an insert in it, now, whether it will be gas or wood is the current delima. :)
Diann
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bstodd
Calhoun, KY
December 20, 2006
11:16 PM Post #3015636
| There are so many beautiful fireplaces here.
Diann, Thank you. My fireplaces had gas heaters sitting in front of them. We removed the heaters, and now we are only using wood to heat our house. So far it hasn't been bad, but winter is just starting so we'll have to see if it is worth the trouble.
Belinda
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haighr
Hagerstown, MD
(Zone 6a)
December 21, 2006
7:42 AM Post #3016026
| OMG bstodd those are spectacular. A fireplace in the bedroom how romantic and beautiful. |
