Every house Susan Moch and her husband, Roland Poirier, have owned during their 40 years of marriage has had a fireplace. But fireplaces are notorious for wasting energy because the heat escapes ...
For many homeowners, fireplaces have become the nice china of home features: dusted off only for special occasions. Although attractive, they are messy to operate, and that homey glow they produce ...
Adding a wood stove fan to your stove can help distribute warm air throughout your home. We tested various fans over a 3-week ...
Casey Gaddy, Realtor and senior agent at Keller Williams Realty, says that wood burning fireplaces are back in a modern way, ...
When the temperatures outside begin to drop there's nothing we'd rather do than curl up by the fire, sip hot cocoa, and read a good book. But if your home doesn't have a traditional fireplace, this is ...
WHEN JACK LIEBERUM bought his “eccentric” old Berkeley house, he inherited four wood-burning fireplaces. “I never expected to convert all of them to gas,” Lieberum says. “I had my trusty ax and I didn ...
When Rachel Dalley moved into her 1918 Seattle house, she knew there was once a fireplace in the living room — because the chimney was still standing. The previous owners had covered the original ...
Q. The 35 year old house we just purchased has a big, brick fireplace in the middle of the family room. The brick is brown, and the raised hearth extends into the room about 16 inches, which makes us ...