The house is looking a bit different these days….

Just the start of a long awaited improvement…

The fireplace removal.

This would have been my favorite part! The brick removal!

We’ll have to wait until a little closer to spring before taking out the rest of the chimney and vent from the fireplace…for now, we have insulation patched in to keep us warm this winter. We’ll have a patch of plywood for floor for a while…until the next phase begins after the first of the year, but we’re good with that…and the kids think its a lot of fun. After all, cars roll better on non-carpeted floor!

And i just want to say thank you to Santa…it’s what I’ve always wanted! It’s the perfect place to put my Christmas tree! Perhaps now it will make an appearance before the 21st of December and stay up longer than the 26th.