Homes & Antiques

THE MONTH NOVEMBER

the ANTIQUE

1 FIREDOGS

As autumn turns to winter, our focus turns indoors and to keeping cosy. If you’re lucky enough to have a real fire with a log cradle you can indulge in some serious decorative antiques shopping by your choice of ‘firedogs’, also known as andirons. These pairs of portable legs and feet were, and still are, used to lift and hold logs, a log cradle, or a fire basket above the floor to improve air circulation beneath the fire, with the

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