+1.... about half around me burn wood and other half use propane or heat pumps. The latter half still burns wood in their fire pits.
It'll be a thing of beauty when filled up. You can always plant a climbing vine on the end and train it up the posts and across the front to help soften the look for the wife.
I completely understand small yards and close neighbors. I have good neighbors on both sides, one has a woodstove and his stacks are over the property line a little, but I am fine with it. The other has a firepit, which I offer some splits to him every once in a while. Neighbor across the street has a firepit and we get along fine. Now I think of it, if everyone just burned wood, we'd all get along.