Gas fireplace improvement ideas?

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Wondering on any ideas an old gas fireplace in a home. There is a gas hook up inside that hasn't been used it seems for awhile and unsure how to. I don't plan on using it- just don't have any ideas on how to make the fireplace look better. Someone mentioned it looked like a cheap looking fireplace.
Is there a way I could decorate it with removing the inside of it- there's a gas hook up behind it. Any ideas?
Here is a picture link of how it looks below:
http://www.bluemelon.com/snowglobe/newalbum#page-0/photo-3846791/uploader-basic
Any extra ideas on how to make the mantle look more appealing? does it look cheap/distasteful looking? not really sure..thanks again!

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Omg that thing is a antique . By the looks this is a old gas fire heater from the 40's or 50's. it looks like there is no vent for the fumes. They were design that way. Unfortunately many people got sick from the fumes and they were banned. In saying that if there is no exhaust or chimney you cannot use a gas fireplace. Someone I know had this very same fireplace . It looks like a fireplace but no chimney

There are nice electric ones that are not bad actually very nice. If you can run hydro to that spot that is a idea.

Sellers lied about their electric bill! What can we do?

TKANDAG

My husband and I just bought a vacation home in the mountains. It IS electric heat and we were aware of that. We did ask the sellers to give us an amount of how much they paid per month. We were told $40.00 and at the most $60.00 when it was being used. The house does have 2 fireplaces and I admit, they help out a lot when heat it kept in the 40's, low 50's. We got our first bill and it was $130.00 for 15 days for a few days of being in the house! I called PPL, was told they are not allowed to provide information on the previous owners but told me their usage amount would have put them in the approx range of $200.00 per month! I feel so foolish for not calling PPL 1st before buying and my husband & I are usually very thorough. I do have an email from our realtor telling us how much it was. I am so upset that someone (sellers) would flat out lie about something like that. We now have vacation house that we want to use, winterized, and the bill is still 77.00 for about 3/4 month. It's estimated to be 120-140 w/house being practically SHUT DOWN!

Should we contact a lawyer? Is it even worth it? We didn't strap ourselves but the extra money for electric is coming out of our "cushion" or possibly savings. We asked for every detail ahead of time so we could budget. Shame on us for thinking there were honest people out there!

Any suggestions?! Please be serious. I don't need a teen commenting on something they know nothing about.

THANK YOU!
Ya know, I completely agree! We should have asked for bills. We were actually going to and they were so slooooow w/the regular paperwork, they were holding up settlement (costed us a mortgage rate to go higher in 1 day), we would have locked in and obviously did then when we realized they were not quick movers. There were so many hold ups on their end, we decided to just ask for utilities via email/text. We'll probably have to sell it. $60.00 vs. $200-$250 is a big difference. We never had electric heat so we had no idea. I heard if you're reasonable and cautious it can work to your advantage.

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Nothing to do. Your fault for not checking into it. You really though a house with electric heat in the mountains where it gets really cold could possibly had an electric bill of $40? I would have called BS on that the second I heard it.

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