Third, people love redbrick homes, particularly the villa-style ones that have lovely, welcoming, up-down layouts and period benefits such as high ceilings, good fireplaces, pitch-pine floors, and so on.
So why would an entrepreneur found a magazine now for fans of rustic antiques, the kinds of monochrome stoneware jugs, pewter plates, log slab benches and herb drying racks that look good around stone fireplaces?
"You smell so good, like a warm fireplace or a new baby.
I am looking for a romantic inn with a comfortable lounge and fireplace and good food at a rate of less than $300 a night.
Up front is a lounge with big leather chairs and couches positioned around a fireplace, with good sightlines to a television tuned to the ball game.
Also on the list: a front porch, decent-sized backyard, fireplace and good school district for the children we don't yet have.
I recall lazy afternoons with a good book by the fireplace, and long walks with my dog along the deserted beach battered by cold wind under a gray and black sky.
How would you like to have a dreamy painting by Milton Avery over your bed, an Edward Hopper in your dining room, a Christo sketch and a Robert Rauschenberg fresco in your living room, with Jasper Johns's twin American flags over the fireplace for good measure?
We made good use of the fireplace, keeping a cozy fire going from morning until bedtime.
It's time we enjoy good conversation around a fireplace, but we also fire up the dreams we've kept kindling.
