Keeping the Hearth the Heart of the home

In the winter months we all clamour around the fireplace in the family room at night. It is such a peaceful scene, which can be rare when you live with teenagers. Whomever said the hearth is the heart of the home knew what they were talking about, even if it was 1768 when they proclaimed it to be so.

Now that all of our children have learned to lay and set a fire in the fireplace, the thrill is gone. The excitement of properly stacking the kindling, or the dried lavender, along with toilet paper cardboard rolls, or newspaper underneath a bed of well situated wood no longer garners applauds. We all just want the fire up and heating as soon as is humanly possible.

And while it might surprise you, we have taken a fancy to those ready to go logs made of recycled materials. I know, I know it almost seems like cheating. Yet, they are so efficient, and after a long hard day out of the house we all want to sink into our well defined seats in the living room and warm up with a fire. Now, I could outline all of the virtues of these logs, but I instead am going to rest on the importance of efficiency and convenience. They are just great, enough said.