My hubby and I bought a home that had a charming seasoned fireplace, however i fell in prefer with the seasoned mantle, and I could not understand why anyone would have such a charming fireplace in such a ratty seasoned house, my hubby told me it was the fireplace of the era and then he told me the history of the house.
I could imagine the balls that were held back then.
I could picture the candles on the immense chandeliers over the ballroom, however when I asked him how he knew the history of the house. He told me it was a household that he said he would own one afternoon. His fantastic Grandma once lived here, and it was his family home… After buying the house, we wanted to put it back to his original splendor. I asked if we were going to make the fireplace a working fireplace. My friend and I were looking outside, but we could not find a chimney for the fireplace. I thought they may have closed it off, but there was no chimney. My friend and I got an architect to look at the house, and he said we were right, they had taken the chimney down, and the fireplace was now just for show. I was okay with that and said I would put a fireplace insert into the hearth. As long as I could keep the fireplace, I will leave it as is! Once all the replaces were made and the home was looking like it did when it was new, we planned a celebration. The only swings we made were that there are flicker lights where there were once candles, and a fireplace insert in the fireplace.