Fire, Glorious Fire!
All the work has been completed on the chimney and the flues and we are now enjoying a new wood stove insert in the basement instead of an open hearth. We were initially disappointed with the chimney guys told us that they wouldn't be able to fit the right kind of flue for this fireplace due to the size limitations of our chimney, which wasn't built correctly for this number of flues and would have posed another safety issue. Instead they said they could get it set up for a wood stove insert and recommended a place where we could buy one now if we wanted. Once we began looking into it we realized that this was a most fortunate turn of events because so much more heat would be generated by this baby. And I have to say, since we got this I have definitely become a "basement dweller". This insert heats the entire basement quite easily and raises the temp on the first floor by at least a few degrees when we leave the door open. The kids and I are down here all the time now and they've got their art supplies and toys in one half and we've got the instruments in the other. This picture is the view I have from my throne at the drum kit.
Now all we need is a bar and a foosball table and we'd be golden.
posted by Kristen @ 2:48 PM
5 Comments:
At 2:08 PM,
Anonymous said…
Thanks for following through with my request for fireplace pics. As an owner of two wood stoves, I enjoy seeing other houses' setups. It's a strange New England-y, retro geekish thing with me. ;-)
Enjoy the heat! When our basement stove is on, we get that same "I think I'll hang out downstairs" feeling...
At 10:56 PM,
Anonymous said…
That's a nice looking stove! So jealous! That's one of the things I really miss about living in the country... wood fires. And being lulled to sleep at night by frogs and crickets, rather than traffic.
And you play drums? Cool!
At 5:55 PM,
Anonymous said…
I am SO jealous! Congratulations! Maybe if I close my eyes really tight I can wish myself a cleaned-out fireplace that I can use? I'm definitely trying.
At 8:13 AM,
Flea said…
My girlfriend came back Saturday from a year she spent in Canada and told us about houses with basements and furneses that heat the houses. It sounded so fantastic. I wish we had basements too, I will also make the biggest play room area for the kids.
This picture and post sounds just lovely and I'm also totally envious.
Where's my picture so btw!! LOL
At 10:19 PM,
Kristen said…
Scott- Well, I can now definitely relate to your love of the wood stove. We are getting so much use out of it and it's really opened up a whole new area of the house for us to put to use.
John- Thanks! Oh, and I wouldn't say I really play the drums, and you probably wouldn't either if you heard me...but I am having fun with them and the kids are learning to play a little, so it's all good.
Melissa- Hey, think of it this way-if you can't have a fire in it, just use your chimney as an extra storage space! That's probably what I would be doing!
Hannelie- Thank you! Oh, and I will get to taking that pic as soon as I find my wide angle lens!
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