I always thought that fireplace gas logs were pretty tacky. 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're going to use a gas burning fireplace, why make it look like it is filled with real logs? It doesn't make sense. It's kind of nostalgia to use a fireplace gas log. Have a real wood burning fireplace if you want one. Otherwise don't.
On the other hand, I was really impressed with the realism when I was over at my cousins house - a cousin who has fireplace gas logs. 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. We still had the old wood burning stove that used to heat the house although my parents had installed internal heating. It looked great and cozy and was very practical. The entire house was heated in a cheap way
The fireplace gas logs looked so realistic. The fireplace'style was almost exactly the same as the one we had when I was young, and every fireplace gas log seems like it had been hand split and thrown on a pile of wood. I had to admit that, for someone who grown up burning real fire place logs it provided a persuasive imitation. I wondered what would happen if you grew up in a house that burns fireplace gas logs? Would a real fireplace burning real wood look like an attempt to simulate the cozy fire that you had grown up with? Would you never become attached to fire in the same way that people who grew up burning wood were? It really is hard to know!
Although I like my cousin's direct vent fireplace, I still like having a real wood burning fireplace a little bit better. 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 authentic. It 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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