{"id":117,"date":"2011-01-11T07:31:16","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T14:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=117"},"modified":"2011-06-15T08:34:21","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T13:34:21","slug":"real-or-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=117","title":{"rendered":"Real or Fake?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Author: \u00a0Spring<\/em><\/p>\n

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We are loving our new white fireplace. You can read about the before here<\/a>. <\/span>It really pops and makes a statement in the room. <\/span>When we first walked through the house, we loved the way the fireplace was angled\u00a0in the corner. <\/span>We always pictured ourselves sitting in the living room by the fire\u00a0\u00a0as the snow falls outside. <\/span>Well, \u00a0the snow is falling outside, but the fire is not roaring. <\/span>We decided\u00a0 when we\u00a0bought our\u00a0house that we were going to turn our wood-burning fireplace into a gas fireplace. <\/span>There seemed to be so many pros with getting a gas insert fireplace. The room would actually heat up instead of the heat escaping through the chimney was a huge factor.\u00a0 Also, there would be l<\/span>ess mess, and we would not have to clean up ashes.<\/h3>\n

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<\/span>A quick click of a button would turn the fire on, and\u00a0we could turn it off with that same button when we were ready for bed.\u00a0 That eliminated the fear of a random\u00a0spark causing a fire.<\/h3>\n

Before we headed to the store, my husband \u00a0measured to make sure we had the correct dimensions to show the salesman.\u00a0\u00a0 We\u00a0chose to go to a highly-\u00a0recommended\u00a0store in Syracuse so we would be sure to get the best advice. <\/span>When we walked in,\u00a0 we were thrilled with all the gas insert options. <\/span>We met with\u00a0 one of the owners and started discussing our fireplace and what we were looking for in a gas insert. My husband<\/span> gave the owner the dimensions, and we could see his face drop. <\/span>Since we live in an old house, the fireplace is\u00a0 too small for a typical gas insert. <\/span>Just when we were slowly coming to terms with this, \u00a0the owner pulled out a manual for another company that might offer the right option. <\/span>He showed us the book for Valor Fireplaces and pointed to the Windsor Arch Insert. It had <\/span> a smaller more historic looking\u00a0insert that should fit into our fireplace. <\/span><\/h3>\n

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The flame’s dimensions\u00a0would be much smaller than what we anticipated,\u00a0but it would fit\u00a0our look since the insert\u00a0is black.. We kept thinking about the pros of the instant on\/instant off flames until t<\/span>he owner told us to brace ourselves for the price tag.\u00a0 It was $4,500!<\/h3>\n

We believe in only paying cash for any and all items. <\/span>We planned and budgeted for updating the fireplace, but we didn’t plan or budget this much.\u00a0\u00a0Should we continue to save or just\u00a0stick with the wood logs?\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>I would love to hear what you all think. Real or fake?\u00a0 Let me know in the comment form below.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n

We were not paid by Valor Fireplaces. \u00a0Images by google images and Valor fireplaces Windsor arch collection<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Author: \u00a0Spring We are loving our new white fireplace. You can read about the before here. It really pops and makes a statement in the room. When we first walked through the house, we loved the way the fireplace was angled\u00a0in the corner. We always pictured ourselves sitting in the living room by the fire\u00a0\u00a0as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2838,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117\/revisions\/2838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}