Homeowner Rookie

So let me tell you a little story.

I love fires in the fireplace.  It's a true weakness.  I also love wine.  Put those two things together, add a blanket and some Frank Sinatra and you just created my Super Burb heaven.

Unfortunately, the first time I tried to create this wonderful scenario in our new home, things didn't go as planned.  Let's just say I may or may not have set off every fire alarm in our house causing quite the ruckus in suburbia. {Please now picture me running around the house with buckets of water, the landline ringing off the hook, my iphone randomly calling people and smoke billowing in every crevasse of the house - disaster}

I forgot the oh-so-important detail of opening the flu.  Such a rookie move. I was tricked by home ownership once again.

Since that night, I have been determined to find a decorative way to communicate when the flu is indeed closed.  Apparently I am not the only person with this problem.  Any home with a fireplace needs one of these:

 

 

 {Nantucket Brand}

Is it lame that this makes me happy?  Probably.

Please tell me this has happened to you before...