Saturday 2 July 2011

Home is where the hearth is

The most exciting development this week has got to be the arrival of our lovely new fireplace.

After painstakingly working out the measurements and calculations based on the stove size and fire regulations, my (very) rough drawing of a fireplace has miraculously been turned into reality.


The colours and textures of the materials fit perfectly with the planned look and feel for the house, and they've all been up-cycled from the old house so we have a lovely juxtaposition of old with new. Bricks from the old conservatory have been used to construct the lower half of the fireplace, with the lintel made from a sawn-down beam that used to be in the kitchen.


We may have to wait a little while to get the fire to go inside, but for the moment it looks great just the way it is!







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