1.   Lucenzo built a log fire in the big medieval fireplace, and they sat burning their toes on the stone hearth.

2.   There was a fire crackling in the big fireplace.

3.   A wood-burning iron stove occupied the hearth of a big stone fireplace at one end.

4.   But for Mrs. Krody, the old-fashioned pleasure of gathering around the big stone fireplace in the main house remains the most idyllic of moments in their Maine sojourns.

5.   High on my list of priorities is a cabin in the woods with a big fireplace, a sleeping loft, and a screened porch with a hot tub.

6.   His house is an evocative time warp, with a big fireplace made of Mexican river stones and relief sculptures made from madrone wood off the forest floor.

7.   Mary Cleary would prefer to build a room off the living room with a big fireplace, doubling as a guest room.

8.   Q. My big fireplace gives off that burned, wet wood odor when the fire is not going.

9.   This is the tile-floored farmhouse of a thousand dreams, filled with painted furniture and old clocks, warmed by big fireplaces.