When we were remodeling our house last winter, I got to a certain point where I just didn’t know what to do anymore. We were in desperate need of a designer, in my opinion, but I didn’t really have room in our budget to hire one. See, we were putting in a giant great room off the back of our house with floor to ceiling windows. The windows would look out over the ravine in our backyard. We were all really excited about getting the great room finished, but I personally felt a little bit concerned about the heating and cooling aspect of the room. Adding that much extra space onto a house will really affect the way that our existing HVAC system would function. I started thinking that not only would it not be able to heat and cool the great room well enough, but it would probably also ruin the effectiveness of the heating and cooling in the rest of the house, too. I decided that I needed to talk to a designer about proper placement of our new air ducts and the heating vents in the great room. Not only that, but I wanted to get an expert opinion on where we should install our new gas fireplace. I wanted the room to look great, but I also wanted it to be comfortable for our family. The indoor air quality of the room was important to me, and so I ended up talking to a designer who works at our local HVAC company and fireplace showroom downtown.