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We were also talking about taking the old brick off and putting the same stone that we had put on the front of the house around the fireplace to kind of tie it all together.<\/p>\n
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We got an eye opener looking at the fireplace.\u00a0 We knew we needed to replace some bricks inside the firebox but the mortar had started to disinegrate and there was a hole behind the top piece of concrete.\u00a0 That wouldn’t be so bad except that hole led directly into the firebox and heat was coming out of there and behind the paneling and drywall.\u00a0 That scared the both of us.\u00a0 Not sure how we have managed to not burn the house down.<\/p>\n
<\/a>The gap between the wood and the cement slab is open into the firebox and this is where the heat was coming through<\/p><\/div>\n
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In case anyone has noticed, we don’t sit still very well.\u00a0 Our outdoor project kind of took priority during the good weather so everything inside got started but then put on hold.\u00a0 We consider these bad weather projects since they are indoors.<\/p>\n
Anyway, those are the other two projects that didn’t get mentioned.\u00a0 Oh yeah and we had grand plans to get the house painted as well.\u00a0 The paints sitting in the garage just waiting to hit the house.\u00a0 I did manage to get some paint on the front of the house around the garage doors but that is as far as I made it.\u00a0 I’m sure our neighbors just look at us and shake their heads thinking those crazy people are at it again.<\/p>\n
Well, I think that brings our total projects going at the same time up to 5.\u00a0 And of course we have more projects in the pipeline. Yes, we have been talking about more things we want to do.\u00a0 Who needs to buy a new house.\u00a0 When we get finished, I’m going to have one.\u00a0 =)<\/p>\n
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It was brought to my attention today by a co-worker reading this that there are a couple of other projects that I forgot to list that are also in the works.\u00a0 Just in case anyone thinks that we don’t already have enough going on around this house.\u00a0\u00a0 LOL Our downstairs bathroom is currently down to … Continue reading