Summer among the trees
Jul 28, 2011 | When Chuck and Jeanne Feeney of Sharon purchased just under twenty acres of raw land on Edgartown Road in Vineyard Haven in the late 1960s, they didn’t envision creating what would become, in four years, the third privately owned
campground on Martha’s Vineyard. And they certainly didn’t envision that forty-three years later, theirs would be the last campground standing. Cranberry Acres on Lambert’s Cove Road in Vineyard Haven folded up its last tent in the late 1970s; Webb’s Camping Area on Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs closed down two decades later. But today, the second generation of Feeneys – son Dan Feeney and daughter Sue O’Rourke – has successfully ushered this family business into the twenty-first century. And while they have implemented significant changes since taking over the helm from their parents more than twenty years ago, Martha’s Vineyard Family Campground, now in its fortieth season, remains a paean to the American
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May 19, 2012 | I believe in recycling materials whenever possible, so one of Nikki's tub chairs was sent off to be reupholstered, and the old fireplace mantle was repurposed into a shelf that we positioned under the room's new flat-screen TV.
May 19, 2012 | 23, 2012, gas fireplace makers offered a proposal to include protective screens with all of their products because of the increasing number of severely burned toddlers. The court documents [case no. 4:08-cv-00836-CW (JCS)] indicate that, on June 2nd,
May 19, 2012 | I believe in recycling materials whenever possible, so one of Nikki's tub chairs was sent off to be reupholstered, and the old fireplace mantle was repurposed into a shelf that we positioned under the room's new flat-screen TV. I chose a soft,
May 19, 2012 | There also is a big-screen television above the original slate and fieldstone fireplace in the living room. But that, too, seems to fit just fine as a nod to modern living in an extensive renovation completed just before Christmas.
May 19, 2012 | She added a flat-screen television above the fireplace. One drawback is that hanging a TV creates holes that will demand new drywall if the look is changed. A simpler act, she says, is simply adding a more modern screen to make the firebox look
Fireplace screen?
Oct 19, 2006 by grapelady911
I just purchased a fireplace screen to go in front of the fireplace... We have a screen that slides in front of the fire but embers will pop out or the logs will shift and a couple times they have rolled out. I got the screen so the cat wont lay in front of the fireplace and risk get hurt by flying embers or hot logs rolling out on to him. But we have noticed that even though the screen is metal/mesh... it seems to block a lot of the heat. I was wondering if it is acting as a heat sink, the heat hits the metal screen that is sitting on ceramic tile. If you move the screen it gets really warm in the living room really fast. Anybody else experience this?
Screens do block a lot of heat. In a poorly designed fireplace more than 50% of the heat can be reflected back into the fireplace and out the chimney. I think most people finally end up not using the screen unless they are leaving the room--then they use it for safety.
As for you cat--that is a dilemma.
do i HAVE to buy a fireplace screen?
Sep 25, 2007 by mary tyler moo
i am renting, short of money. there are no rugs or furniture near fireplace. there is 1 foot of tile right in front of the fireplace opening, and then hardwood floors. is it "suggested" but not "necessary" to get a screen?
Buy a cheap rug from Big Lots or the dollar store to protect your floor. Does it have the normal chain screen right in front? if not then yeah you probably need a screen unless you want to burn the place down...JK :) But seriously if you don't have some kind of metal protection a log can roll off at any time: and truth be told no one watches their fires constantly!