firewood, image via A Well Kept Home, as seen on linenandlavender.blogspot.com, post: http://www.linenandlavender.blogspot.com/2011/11/advice-from-french-grandmother.html

"It is not necessary to hide your reserve of winter logs. Crude wood gives a different aspect to this dignified room, evoking a Venetian palace." ~excerpt from A Well Kept Home, Household Traditions and Simple Secrets from a French Grandmother

image via Côté Sud Magazine Dec 05-0Jan06 issue, as seen on linenandlavender.blogspot.com, post: http://www.linenandlavender.blogspot.com/2011/11/advice-from-french-grandmother.html

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Côté Sud Aout Sept 2008 as seen on linenandlavender.blogspot.com, post: http://www.linenandlavender.blogspot.com/2011/11/advice-from-french-grandmother.html

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image via Côté Sud Magazine Dec 2001-Jan 2002 as seen on linenandlavender.blogspot.com, post: http://www.linenandlavender.blogspot.com/2011/11/advice-from-french-grandmother.html

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image via Côté Sud Magazine Dec 2006-Jan 2007 as seen on linenandlavender.blogspot.com, post: http://www.linenandlavender.blogspot.com/2011/11/advice-from-french-grandmother.html

image via Côté Sud Magazine Dec 2003-Jan 2004 as seen on linenandlavender.blogspot.com, post: http://www.linenandlavender.blogspot.com/2011/11/advice-from-french-grandmother.html

image via Côté Sud Magazine Dec 2000-Jan 2001 as seen on linenandlavender.blogspot.com, post: http://www.linenandlavender.blogspot.com/2011/11/advice-from-french-grandmother.html

There is no place more delightful than one's own fireplace. ~Cicero 106 BC-43BC

image via Côté Sud Magazine Fev-Mar 2003 as seen on linenandlavender.blogspot.com, post: http://www.linenandlavender.blogspot.com/2011/11/advice-from-french-grandmother.html

"In the autumn and winter months, we strongly recall the smoky burn of leaves and firewood. Accordingly, a priority for many of us when we imagine our ideal home is a fireplace. The hearth is a symbol central to a family's functioning, retooled for comfort and leisure. Today we come together at the hearth, and at the first crackle of fuel set ablaze, we settle into the iconic smell of cold weather—flame on wood. And like all nostalgia of scent, we name the experience: Home." ~Louis Sagar, excerpt from Zona Home

Made of hand forged wrought iron with a vintage iron finish and brown suede carrier 29" wide by 17.5" tall as seen on linenandlavender.blogspot.com, post: http://www.linenandlavender.blogspot.com/2011/11/advice-from-french-grandmother.html

Forged Iron Log Carrier and Wood Holder

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Image credits in order of appearance: 1-A Well Kept Home;

2-Ralph Lauren; 3-Côté Sud Dec05-Jan06; 4-Côté Sud, Aout-Sept 2008; 5-Côté Sud Dec01-Jan02; 6,7-Côté Sud Dec00-Jan01; 8-Côté Sud Dec06-Jan07; 9-Côté Sud Dec03-Jan04; 10-Côté Sud Dec00-Jan01; 11-Côté Sud Fev-Mar 2003; 12-Côté Sud