I like the fireplace too. I had high hopes that by Christmas we'd have ripped the flame-effect gas ones out & replaced them with our wood burning stove and a nice Victorian tiled cast such as your own. Still, we've only been in here since June and there's boxes still to unpack... Next Christmas maybe? Whilst our last house was coal-fired throughout, the front room featured one of those ghastly 'Adams Style' plaster surrounds which somehow survived the 5 years we lived there. Here's a wee film featuring a fireside improvisation between hurdy-gurdy (me) and bodhran (Clive Powell) recorded 2 years ago to the very day:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sL96NKH6PJA