Come, warm yourself in the toasty glow cast by this cardboard replica of a fireplace. Then grab a push pin or two, and your stockings are hung by the chimney without care. Our favorite seasonal shortcut to authenticity, the nostalgic fireplace decoration is one you’ll treasure for years to come, which just increases the nostalgia. You’ll find yourself spending happy holiday evenings beside what’s basically a tricked out box, and actually enjoying it. Who could blame you, though? The corrugating adds depth and detail to the bricks, and you know you look your best by firelight. But be careful about how you store it after the holidays; I can’t tell you how many times we’ve almost thrown ours out before turning it face-up.
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We need one of those at our house. With our cat, and, uh, seeing we don't have a fireplace, it would be better than the real thing.
Hehehe! I actually did something like this at my house one year when I had more time on my hands. Had some brick printed fabric, made some construction paper flames and logs and stapled the whole thing to the wall, then hung the kids stockings above it.
This is a must for us because we have a few pyromaniac kids lurking about here.
hmmm .. wonder if you need to obtain a fake city permit before installing this in your home?
I had one of these growing up. We lived in a apartment and this was as close to the real thing we could get..lol.
Thank you all for noticing the utility of this lovely product. (Melanie, how impressive that you made your own!) My high school boyfriend's mother had one, and although I used to laugh at it, it was kind of cute in its own humble way.
I sure hope no permit is required, but it seems they want them for everything these days.
hahahahahhahahaha! I wrote about our cardboard fireplace from the 70s last year! It plugged in and I thought it was the most beautiful thing ever.
LOVE that you posted it.
And LOVE that there are others out there that know and have experienced this same damn thing...I usually have to explain with quite detail to people what the heck I'm talking about!
:)
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