So we had an appointment today at the “Hark” company (famous German fireplace company) to get a first look at some fireplaces.
After about 2 hours in the store (it was pretty cool, the guy actually lit several fireplaces we wanted to see for us AND we were the only people in the store!) my husband decided we should buy one right away. So we did.

First big purchase for the house! 🙂

We will put it in a corner in the living room and it will actually be able to heat the entire living room, kitchen area (which is around 50qm) even though it’s an ethanol fire place. I always wanted a fireplace, Chris didn’t because of all the dirt (he does have a point there). And I have to admit I wasn’t going to put a bunch of wood all around my new build house either. So we compromised on an ethanol one. We did not know it also heated the place like it does. And the fire looks very, very real (probably because it is a real fire after all) ;).

We are very happy with it. The kids are too. Lillian picked it out before we ever entered the store (it was in the catalog), because she loves the fact that it can keep your hot chocolate hot in a cold winter night. And it DOES get hot, I touched it 😉

Here’s some pictures for everyone who cares. Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note that these are cell phone pictures 😉 Fireplace and fire looks quite a lot better in real life. It’s really hard to take a picture of fire with a cell phone 😉

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The girls loving the new fireplace (Lillian is in love with the spot for the cup).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Higher quality shot of the fireplace (note that ours comes with a silver, not black frame as shown in the pictures we took. We thought silver goes better with the grey stone).

I am pretty excited for cozy winter nights in our brand new house now!

(PS: I should probably add that the fireplace won’t be delivered until the house is done and we are moved in. So it’s not like we have to store it somewhere 😉 ).