I’ve learned a grate is second-rate compared with a classy set of andirons. “If you had a big, beautiful fireplace, it would ...

In colonial America, the fireplace was the center of the home. Here the family stayed warm, had light for reading and a ready place to make their meals. The earliest domestic andirons were simple ...

Almost all cooking was done in or near the fireplace. Andirons were needed in every fireplace. Logs rested on these iron supports, and the circulation of air they permitted made the fire burn ...

Fireplace furnishings ... casts small series of sculpturally significant andirons out of bronze. And Cose`s Rasmussen has commissioned a factory in Florence, Italy, to make tool sets in ...

Before you get started, make sure your fireplace is completely cooled. “Ash can be surprisingly hot, even days later,” Crouch says. Remove the andirons and grate from the fireplace and set aside.

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