Opinion by Chloe Melas
Chloe Melas' house after the fire that almost destroyed it.
Chloe Melas is a reporter for CNN, covering all things entertainment for the network across platforms. The views expressed in this commentary belong to the author. View more opinion at CNN.
(CNN)We poured every bit of our savings into our beautiful, century-old Tudor home. As fun as it was to renovate, it was a bit like the 1986 movie, "The Money Pit." Basically, anything that could go wrong, usually did.
Chloe Melas
That's why I didn't think much of it when I saw smoke hanging in the air beneath the shades of our oversized floor lamps.