I used to think that fireplace gas logs look cheap. You see, I am a big believer in form following function. If you are having a fire in the fireplace, that is fine. Fireplace logs look the way they do because that is what they are. If you have a gas burning fireplace, for what reason would you want it to look as if it was a real wood burning fireplace full of real logs? It doesn't make sense. Using a fireplace gas log is just a form of nostalgia, you see. Have a real wood burning fireplace if you want one. Otherwise don't.

Nonetheless, when I was over at my cousins house - a cousin who has fireplace gas logs, I was really impressed with the realism. The fireplace gas logs really looked like the original. For years I have been burning wood in my fireplace. In the middle of the room where I grew up, there was free standing fireplace. Although my parents had installed internal heating, we still had the old wood burning stove that we could use to heat the house. It looked great and cozy and was very practical. It really offered a cheap way to heat the entire house

The fireplace gas logs looked so realistic. The style of the fireplace was remarkably like the one that I'd grown up with, and each fireplace gas log looked like it had been hand split and thrown on wood pile. for someone who grown up burning real fire place logs I had to admit that it provided a persuasive simulation. Sometimes I ask myself that if I grew up in a house that burns fireplace gas logs, would I never become attached to fire in the same way that people who grew up burning wood were? It really is hard to know!

I still like having a real wood burning fireplace a little bit better even though I like my cousin's direct vent fireplace. The fireplace gas logs are great. They are much better than I would have thought. Nevertheless, nothing beats the real thing if you ask me! If you can't see the wood spark, can't stir the fire with a poker, and can't smell the smell of burning timber, it is not a real fireplace no matter how good it looks. Maybe it is better than nothing, but it is still not quite real. Tis is my opinion for now of course. Either way a fireplace is nice to have. Just be careful and enjoy it.

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