cold wind here too Bushies.  I don't really need anything either, but I'm sure if we both have a look around at the shops, we will find something we just can't do without 

Aps I dont have an open fire, just one like this but it keeps the house nice n warm  ...... bty the PINK walls are going, now I have decided what colour I want, only took me a year to decide lol

Oh I agree Debra, I am sure there is something I could find lol

we will find something we just can't do without

Deb I call that compulsive buying which Mr F has a habit of doing, plus he doesn't buy just (1) he buys 2 or 3

Did I ever tell you about the 50 odd containers of Jarrah Barvarian Bliss coffee I have stashed in the cupboard? I buy it when it's on special at half price, it's the only coffee I will drink.

Bushie

Very nice indeed.

Yes, that is what I was thinking of, a Coonara I think they are called.

Most of the fireplaces here have been walled up. One left in the dining room. So sad 😞

originally there would have been four

Intersting.

I think every house we have lived in in Melbourne had a fireplace.

Now admittedly we moved around the first few years renting and my parents might have just gone for those types of houses.

But gees, on a cold winters day in Melbourne they are nice to sit in front of.


I'd kill for a house in the country with a fire place and tubes behind it that heat water that goes under the floor.

Used to visit a farm in NSW that had this, it was a great feature.