This is what I'm having built on a wall in my living room only it will be covered in shiplap. They are supposed to start building today. I have ordered the fireplace and the mantle and they will be here next week.
I have wanted a fireplace for the entire 52 years I've lived in this house. Now, with the electric fireplace option, I can finally have one! And since I have to wait for the floors to be installed I might as well spend more money...........
Well, I did get the wall repaired and the living room and hall painted but no floor. It was supposed to been installed today but found out last week that it has to be ordered. This was quite irritating since we picked it out December 28th and chose this particular floor because they "had in in stock". I specifically did not want to have to order a floor because I knew it could be forever before it was received. The dealer tried to get me to come up and pick another floor, he said he'd have to order it as well. That made no sense to me so I said I'd wait as long as it took but I wouldn't pay the increase in cost. He had said the cost would increase after January 1. Another reason I placed the order in December. Our contractor assured me that we will not be billed any increase in cost. So now I wait.................
After the living room was repainted, I was trying to decide what I would be putting back on the walls. I have a schoolhouse clock I purchased about 45 years ago. It was the first thing I bought on my own after the divorce. At the time it was a major purchase. Anyway, this clock has hung in my living room all this time. The clock has always kept good time, but the pendulum stopped working years ago and it started chiming (3) times on the hour. The girls and I would count them down and explain the quirkiness of the clock when we had visitors. Eventually we just learned to tune it out. Since it was taken down to paint, I started considering purchasing a new clock. I searched for one and found several options. However, the longer I thought about it I realized I just can't part with this old quirky clock. So. guess it will go back on the wall to chime away every hour on the hour. Since Ron and I don't hear as well as we used to. we don't notice the chiming anymore.
