Fireplaces

window from the warmth of my bed, but I couldn't see the street, all I could see was the fine snow crystals falling from the sky. By now it was starting to get cold in my little house, so I crawled out of bed and put a bit of kindling and logs on the fireplace so I could light a fire and warm up the house. As I started lighting the fire I heard a sound outside, it sounded like a bunch of people were chanting words. I couldn't make out what they were saying. Then I heard a cracking sound, kind of…

Have you ever wondered what Michelangelo was thinking or imagining when he painted the Sistine Chapel? Or what fashionistas of history, like Coco Channel or Elsa Schiaparelli envisioned when they first sat at a sewing machine? Was it because they studied so hard on what color contrast goes best with what painting styles or what design would be perfectly matched to a particular shirt? Michelangelo’s parents disapproved of his artistic choice and he refuted that he was a painter and Coco Channel…

1800’s, was treated terribly by her stepmother and sisters. They used her as a maid and would not allow for her to go to Prince’s upcoming ball, as the story goes. There is no godmother, instead the birds do the ugly chore of picking lentils from the fireplace. They then bring Cinderella her shoes and dress. Instead of becoming a peasant child at midnight, she runs home to arrive before her mother and sisters who would surely kill her if they knew. On the second day of the ball, the prince…

Characterizing the IR Reflecting Properties of Pigments for Cool Roofs Introduction The sun energy reaches earth as UV visible and Infra-red radiation. UV radiation is an invisible part of electromagnetic spectrum. Only 5 % UV from sun reached the surface is play the major role to the degradation of coating .Visible light wave (295-400 nm) seen by human eyes. Around 50% of the suns energy occurs in this region which gives the perception of colour.45 % of total solar energy is in IR region…

A character's surroundings in a novel can either help them or hold them back because these surroundings can have such an effect on the character's life, values, and morals. However a character can always turn a negative aspect into a positive one, but either way their surroundings' effects will stick with them in either their actions, memory or will create certain traits about that person. John the Savage has had geographical ,cultural, and physical surroundings that helped to shape his…

American’s vs Vietnamese’s house architecture James C. Snyder, the author of “Introduction to Architecture”, once said: “Forests were the first temples of God and in forests men grasped their first idea of architecture.” Through centuries, architecture, especially in house design, has rapidly developed and thrived in many countries. Depending on the culture and customs, house design is mostly changed to fit the circumstance of different nations. Therefore, it is obviously created huge…

During each visit, the heat of the poorly air-conditioned house clings to me as I step into the door. Decades of my grandmother’s eventful life are in plain sight. Rows of pictures that were taken with an old Polaroid sit on the mantel above the fireplace. I always see the gigantic portrait of a beautiful abstract rose above the ugliest tan couch I have ever seen. Across from the tan couch is another couch that seems like it belongs in a Lego box. Adding to the clutter of the house, there is a…

On the inside of Wuthering Heights, the furniture and decorations are described as primitive, with a, “…vast oak dresser and high backed chairs,” (pg. 3). Meat was hung from the ceiling, and there was a fire in the fireplace that, “Glow[ed] delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire,” (pg. 7). The fire could symbolize power and danger, and the inability to control the flames, or emotions of the people in wuthering Heights. Even the dogs are considered uncivilized…

Many scientific evidence has stated that in some areas, indoor air pollution is much worse than outdoor air pollution, Due to the amount of time people nowadays spend indoors, people’s health risks increase due to the air pollution indoors. These are a few of the less known indoor air pollutants (“7 Sources of Indoor Air Pollution”): 1.New carpet. Carpet materials can emit a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). 2. Broken compact fluorescent lights. If they break, CFLs can emit mercury,…

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde slot review If stunning 3D graphics is something that you appreciate, the you will thoroughly enjoy the 2014 slot from BetSoft called ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’. Do not confuse it with the ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ slot from Microgaming, which is a completely different game. The slot is based on the slightly scary story by Robert Louis Stevenson published in 1886. Get ready to run around the streets of Victorian London discovering the eerie transformation of posh Dr. Jekyll into…