The Crackle and Warmth of a Fire in Every Room in Your House!

One of my favorite hobbies is going to visit model homes, checking out the furnishings, decorating styles, color schemes and dreaming about building my own brand new home some day. Most girls spend years designing their wedding, I spent my time dreaming about floorplans and French Quarter (with tons of wrought iron) exteriors, Mission Style with red tile roofs and interior courtyards or Queen Ann Gables with wrap-around porches.

While I haven't yet decided on the exterior, I do have the floor plan picked out: picture a turret-style entrance (which works great in any of the styles I just mentioned) To your left is an office with plantation wood floors, wall-to-wall bookcases and a glowing fireplace. To the right is a guest suite with every amenity needed for my guests, along with a sitting room and a roaring fireplace. Straight ahead is a large great room open to a beautiful kitchen with modern appliances, traditional cabinets and a gorgeous dining nook. 

I picture myself pouring a glass of wine and sitting on the cozy sofa in front of a roaring fire. To one side of the house is a private master suite with two large walk-in closets, a retreat with two uber-comfy leather and wicker chairs sitting in front of a roaring fire. The other side of the house has two more bedrooms - one for my favorite little girl decorated with touches of modern whimsey with, naturally, a roaring fire in the fireplace, and the other for my favorite little boy, decorated in planes, trains and automobiles. This room won't have a fireplace - little boys manage to get into enough trouble with having access to fire!

When I finally build my dream home, you can bet it will have a fireplace in every room, even the bathrooms. But I didn't want to wait until that day. Not with old man winter blowing his frigid breath in through every little crevice of my 25 year old home.

The first room which needs a fireplace is my bedroom. It isn't all that big and doesn't have a lot of wall space. So I moved my dresser into my walk-in closet to open up a wall and purchased this Ashley Fireplace for my bedroom. It's one of Real Flame's top sellers so I was glad I purchased it early in the season. The ambiance it creates is so romantic, and the heat it puts off takes the fall chill out of the air. My bedroom is decorated island style with dark, tropical woods and splashes of bright colors. The mahogany finish of the fireplace matches beautifully, although it's also available in oak, white or blackwash.

This fireplace is neither electric or gas. I'm also trying to reduce my carbon footprint, so the idea of using our natural resources for my own comfort did not sit well with me. This fireplaces uses uses Gel Fuel, which is made from clean-burning gelled Isopropyl Alcohol. It burns bright yellow, orange and red flames that crackles and pops just like real fire. The warmth it puts out takes the chill out of my bedroom and lighting it takes just a moment with the Real flame 12" Butane Lighter. It needs no ventilation, so it's just as safe indoors as it is outdoors.

The 7 oz gel fuel cannisters last about 3 - 4 hours, but most of the time I only burn mine for an hour or so, then easily put it out with the Real Flame Gel Fuel Snuffer, shown here.

I've also moved a Bali chair in front of the fireplace so I can relax at the end of the day with that glass of wine I talked about earlier and a good book. Talk about creating a zen environment. With the holidays just around the corner, I need to find a few moments to get away from it all. And this fits the ticket.

I just had a thought! At under $600 (free shipping thank goodness), it's a few thousand dollars cheaper than the built in fireplaces. Maybe I should consider putting Ventless Fireplaces in all the rooms of my new house! What do you think?

If you love the crackle and warmth of a roaring fireplace like I do, click here to check out our huge selection of Ventless Fireplaces, or give one of our Fireplace Specialists a call at 888-564-4744. 

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