Many older homes come with inactive fireplaces
I was so gleeful to transport into an home in a historic neighborhood that had a charming fireplace in the photos.
- I have always wanted an home with a fireplace, or just a home in general that has 1.
All of our preferred films that I grew up seeing always had an intimate fireplace for deep conversations & moments of revelation. For me, having a fireplace was a right of passage to our destiny. You can imagine our disappointment when we came to the home while we were in move-in day & I found out that the fireplace was inactive & could not be used. Why would anyone let such a charming fireplace kneel to collect dust? Apparently all of the fireplaces in the building are inactive because the building owner does not want to increase their liability insurance if something were to happen. I think I can understand that from a company perspective, however our fireplace dreams were completely shattered. I tried to research some other creative ways to use an inactive fireplace, however nothing was really sparking our spirit the way that a real fire would. I am going to try to make the best of the home even though the selling point for myself and others is no longer within reach. I am going shopping with our partner soon to look at furniture & home decor. I think if I can set up the kitchen to center around the fireplace, I can still sort of make our vision a reality. My building owner said she doesn’t allow candles, however I’m genuinely still going to use them. I’m a pretty careful candle user.