Wow! Nice fireplaces

I am glad you started this thread as I just got a fireplace of my very own. I dont have a shelf or anything over it - its quite a new type and I am still figuring out how to use it. It burns very hot - I would imagine most of my plastic crap would melt anywhere near it
@Floris we had a fake wood gas type when I was a child - it worked very well for warm climates as it didnt burn too hot. But yeah I agree - not like the real thing. And lol at "mistake" I just left one myself.
My fire seems to burn through wood really quickly, but I have only had it on 3 nights so far and only today realised there is yet another switch thing to figure out! I am tossing up my options as to buying another load of wood or just more blankets.