Here in Victoria, you have four practical choices for an indoor or outdoor fireplace. You can go with natural gas, piped directly to your home and able to be programmed to come on whenever you want to create a warm space or a comfy ambience. If natural gas isn’t available, you can go with a propane-fueled fireplace, giving you beautiful flames to enhance your home. Or if you’re an old soul, maybe you’d like a wood–burning fireplace with a big chunky mantle: a space where the first thoughts are, ‘How many Christmas stockings will that hold?’ If you’re not a fan of gas and the thought of chopping or stacking firewood isn’t your idea of awesome, you can go with a light-driven fireplace with a built-in electric heater, giving you all the pleasure of a fireplace without any of the combustion.