Marisa Girardi Presents

One of the bonuses of living in an old house, pre-electric heaters, is that they are often festooned with fireplaces. Our block of flats was built before electric wiring in homes became common, but although we have a kitchen cupboard where the cooking fireplace was, strangely we can find no evidence of any others. I think that the block may have been one big house before and perhaps there are / were more located elsewhere.

A friend who lives in Observatory - where big old houses with wooden floors and high ceilings are the rule - has three, (yes three!) of the beauteous features and I say “not fair!” However, I forgive him, as one of the mantelpieces is currently the residence of a Tangleton Couchie custom made for his girlfriend, and I think it is a spiffing spot for her to pose and  primp (the Couchie, not his girlfriend).