| Just because the winter months have gone, doesn't | | | | they want. I know it sounds simple. But, the friends |
| mean the fireplace can collect dust for an entire | | | | you have over for company will love watching blue |
| season. There are still so many things you can do | | | | flames, or possibly even green flames. It all depends |
| over the months ahead. I can give you some ideas | | | | on your mood. It is possible to safely alter the color |
| and hopefully they can spark your own creativity. | | | | of the burn. The best part of all is that you can use |
| After writing the Outdoor Fireplace Report, I got so | | | | common household items like table salt or chlorine. |
| many responses from people who read it telling me | | | | Use your imagination and look out into your backyard. |
| what they were able to accomplish. One homemaker | | | | Fireplaces on the deck aren't all that uncommon. |
| talked her husband into helping her build a fireplace | | | | Years ago, I helped build a two story fireplace. One |
| that reached twelve feet high. It was six feet wide | | | | fireplace was on the deck and the other was on the |
| even though the actual fireplace sits about two feet | | | | patio about ten feet below. The fireplaces were on |
| from the ground and has an opening of three feet | | | | opposite sides of the structure though as the deck |
| high by four feet wide. What is the neatest part is | | | | fireplace faced the house and the patio fireplace |
| that the entire structure serves as a hold for the | | | | looked out over the patio. On one particularly nice |
| patio cover. With a brick patio floor and a cover over | | | | evening, we enjoyed the pool as the fireplace was |
| their head, they will enjoy their outdoor fireplace all | | | | burning comfortably in the distance. Now, that's |
| summer long as they sit in patio furniture complete | | | | romantic. To borrow from the Cable Guy, that's |
| with a bench, two gliders and a coffee table. | | | | romantic. I don't care who you are, that's romantic. |
| But, the ideas didn't stop outside. One metal sculptor | | | | The problem people face is that they think they |
| is making indoor fireballs on marble bases that burn | | | | have to call the "guy" for everything. I can |
| the Sunjel gel fuel used in Ventless Gel Fireplaces. He | | | | understand if pipes burst that you have to call the |
| might be a sculptor and that might sound a little too | | | | plumber. If the ceiling leaks, you have to call the |
| difficult for the rest of us. But, the mind can work | | | | contractor. But, there are plenty of things you can do |
| wonders if you let it. Enjoying your fireplace | | | | on your own. That's why so many contractors and |
| experience all year around is only limited by your own | | | | experts are putting out how-to manuals and reports. |
| imagination. | | | | They love the work. Trust me! They do. But, even |
| In another report I wrote earlier this year, Fireplace | | | | they know that it's wise to let people know what |
| Report Ideas, I informed readers how they could | | | | they can do for themselves. |
| have dancing blue flames in their fireplace any time | | | | |