Woodpile

The approaching rainy Southern California weekend has me daydreaming about napping in front of the fireplace. Sometimes nothing is better than the couch, a fire and an old movie, no?

We have a gas fireplace ourselves and maybe it's because of this that I used to think everyone kept their firewood piled up out back somewhere. But it seems far more romantic these days to flank your fireplace with beautifully stacked wood that almost becomes part of the mantle itself.