First we had to tear down and rebuild the fireplace. The opening was not centered and the hearth stuck out too far into the room. It was constructed of antique brick recycled from a nearby church (our 80 year old neighbor told us this) so a lot of the brick was in bad shape and had cracked.
The rebuilt fireplace.
The porch when were just getting started. Pretty 70's looking.
After we had ripped off the back windows.
Jim framing up the new windows. My poor plants took a beating during this project.
The sheathing goes up...
Then the house wrap and the windows...
Jim put in a beam so that we could have a higher, angled ceiling in the room.
Jim made sure to insulate the floor very well because it was going to be over a concrete slab.
Drywall goes up...
Windows are trimmed out and the floor goes in...
And heat goes in just in time for Christmas...
Jim took out the door to the kitchen and replaced it with an arched opening that matches the arches in our living room.
We modeled the fireplace after my friend's sister's fireplace. Jim designed and built it up himself.
The finished masterpiece!!
And again...
Jim designed and put in these built-ins.
The completed built-ins with desk on the left and a storage closet on the right.
1 comment:
You have one very talented husband. Please tell him I am most impressed. I joke that my husband is very accomplished in everything but home improvements. If I need to hang a painting, I prefer to get someone in - Will would spend a whole Saturday and several attempts just putting one hook in the plaster (and making several other holes).
Your projects are just wonderful - the beautiful fireplace and that expansive deck. It looks like such a pretty garden it is set in too.
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