to think that a living room without a firepalce is superstrange?

[ChaosTrulyReigns]

Just.

Odd.

No focal point.

My DF has put an offer in on a to die for house and was telling me all about it - it sounds amazing - when I asked about the fire, she said it hadn't got one.

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Do I tell her? She will be the talk of the town, what will the vicar think? I may just have time to stop this folly in it's tracks.

It's a dealbrekaer isn't it?

Poor poor friend.

Hoh!

Disagreement?

How very dare you.

A fire is a fire is a fire.

An acquariam and a walnut jobby isn't.

[adamant]

A fire is ESSENTIAL, in my view. You can Burn Stuff. And it looks great.

surely the massive plasma should be the focal point?

We have moved into a house without one, it drives me mad and want a fake one putting in when we decorate, DH disagrees, our focal point is a Fisher Price Little People garage!

No fire here, I only really pine for one on Christmas eve. The rest of the time I'm happy with the piano, huge mirror or iMac being the focal point (depending on which chair I sit in).

I have an original Victorian fireplace in every room except the kitchen and bathroom. Love them in the bedrooms, though they take up a wall.

Piano? Great idea on the party wall Our focal point is a doll's pram

YANBU. There has to be something like a fireplace to pretend that the TV isn't what you look at most :o

Our living room had 2 fireplaces when we bought the house. Who needs 2 fireplaces in the same room? Anyway, the chimneys were structurally unsound and had to be ripped down along with most of the rest of the house and the cost to rebuild them was begond our means at the time so now we have none. We do have a larger, less awkward shaped living room as a result.

As for a focal point, doesn't everyone point their furniture at the telly anyway?

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yabu

What happens if you stick a marshmallow on a toasting fork in that Rebecca? :o

not a lot

I hate fireplaces. They make people think about lighting fires in them.
I hate fire.

Gavel.

Does that fire come with real crackling sounds RebeccaMN?

Still think it's second best.

peerie, you could save yourself the cleaning!

YABU. We never use ours, and it just leaves me with a wall I can't use for furniture. There's a gas fire but that's just a massive waste of money and sucks the heat out the chimney, basically. When we buy a house I'd love to find one without a fire.

my house is 7 and has underfloor heating. no need for a fire. superstrange is looking good..

Our focal point is a dolls house

We took ours out of our current house - see no need for one.

Personally, I dislike the fake electric / gas fires and think they are awful looking. If I lived in an old house with traditional fireplace, then great - but I'd rather not have one than a silly fake thing.

The focal point is supposed to be the fucking giant telly. HTH.

Assuming a pisstake? Surely no-one cares?

But given the pecking order round here you can't tell can you?

Your ds is being vu! What is she going to do if there is a power cut, war, natural disaster, or zombie attack? How will they keep warm and cook?
HOW WILL THEY SURVIVE?

Fireplace?

Surely you mean telly. :-)