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More Light, Please.

In our (seemingly) never ending quest to put the living room fireplace back into place where it used to be, we've enlisted the talents of our friend, T.K. In fact, if it wasn't for T.K., we would probably be without a living room for at least another year. Why? Well, we definitely underestimated the difficulty of making progress with a VERY lively two year old in the house. A two year old who wakes up every morning at 5:00 a.m. Every. Single. Morning.

Therefore, T.K. has been sucked in by the magnetic pull of the HouseinProgress...a pull which threatens to drain the very life force from his body. He decided to try and tame the beast by cutting the casement window frames BACK into the wall where they were stucco'ed over decades ago.

To refresh your memory, here is the BEFORE picture.

And here it is with the wood paneling removed, with a gas-fireplace insert installed, and with holes cut into its ornery tough hide really lovely stucco exterior.

T.K., meet the housebloggers. Housebloggers, meet T.K.

Isn't it magnificent? These two gaping squares that allow the winter breezes to blow in and out? I think so. And no, I still have NO idea as to why they would have ever boarded up these windows in the first place.

And, as a testament to T.K.'s precision? Here are the stucco squares neatly stacked at the base of the chimney. Yeah, he's that good. No, I will not give you his phone number. Yet.

If you think that is a neatly done job? You haven't seen his mad woodworking skillz yet. Yes, internet. He also builds furniture.

Posted by jeanne on January 26, 2008 at 3:51 PM (3)

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