Buying a house with three fireplaces doesn’t often lead to a house with NO fireplaces, but in our case, there was nothing we could do. Finally, in the middle of August, we decided to go ahead and order the living room a nice one. It got put in today. They guys from Alpine Gas Fireplaces did an amazing  job, and husband was a good little helper too.

Voila:

We’ve got the walls done, and the fire done, and are going to rock it in ourselves and build a mantle.

Help me pick what shade of rock to buy!

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Even though we’re not remotely close, actually getting the walls all painted makes the room start to feel liveable again. It’s so green it’s a little obnoxious, but this is how I’m spinning it: this is where you wait before you go ski, like how famous people wait before the go on talk shows. It’s our green room. *giggle*

Certainly the furniture and decorations will help balance it out too. Fireplace comes in tomorrow! Waiting for doors and windows to arrive before we trim the new pass through window. Not sure how exactly we want it! Suggestions?

In my house it is now on rotate! Finally, we got the ceilling fan put up in the master bedroom. I took this picture before I painted because I was so excited to share!

How freaking cool is this? It has retractable blades. This equals no dusting, no fan when you don’t need a fan! The light is gorgeous and the fan throws the air really well.

Ta Da!