Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Many of us can recall those brutal days when, in the name of modernity, some homeowners began chucking out their old fireplaces and removing awkward chimney breasts to create contemporary spaces with ...

Nothing beats the coziness of a roaring fireplace. The comforting hisses and pops, the cozy glow, the romantic ambiance… it’s a vibe. Unfortunately, many people can’t have a real wood-burning ...

It’s elemental, the attraction to fire, with its dynamic, shape-shifting flames and warmth. This is why homebuyers are so enamored — like moths to a flame, so to speak — to fireplaces, which often ...

PASADENA – The nights of curling up with a good book in front of a crackling fire are numbered in Southern California. The South Coast Air Quality Management District board voted unanimously Friday to ...

Dear EarthTalk: It is starting to get colder and I’m eager to try out the fireplace in our new home, but we don't want to create health or environmental problems. Are there materials that would be ...

Chestnuts roasting on an open fire in your wood-burning fireplace are wonderful until your heating bill arrives. Then you ...

YOU don’t have to live in an old cottage to have a wood-burner because Aldi is selling an electric fireplace that looks just like the real deal. The discounter’s £49.99 Kirkton House Electric Stove ...

Sometimes it seems that Mayor Bill de Blasio has a secret campaign to eliminate all traces of lingering Victorian charm from the city. After first going after carriage horses, a plan that has stumbled ...