I looked for a fireplace for months and finally found this one. Can't tell you how it has enhanced the coziness of my home. It gives me the look I wanted, stylish, but yet the farm house look. It looks great, with the Christmas Stockings hung! The fire place itself, is a very nice size and not as small as most other fireplaces I have seen.  Instead of turning the heat on in the house, I have been able to just turn the fireplace heater on and we have stayed nice and toasty.