Fall 2017
In our home in Vermont we had two pellet stoves, yet due to the size of our new home there was no need for another source of heating. Yet, we wanted a fireplace, but it was too expensive to run a gas line to the living room. During one of our regular trips to Home Depot, we saw an electric fireplace on clearance for $189. After thinking about it, this would give us the picturesque fireplace we wanted without the hassle or the cost. Once bought, we had to figure out how we wanted to mount it. Our living room has spectacular views of the Hudson River so we knew we wanted to put it in a spot to fully enjoy the views. We decided to place it in-between the two front windows. This was another ideal ship-lap project, so Rick went on to build out the wall in the living room. To finish it off, we wanted to have a mantle above the fireplace. Rick saved one of the original support beams (probably dating back to the 1800’s) that he replaced during renovations, so he thought that would be a fantastic reminder of the history and work that went into the house. He mounted a piece of the beam above the fireplace to service as a mantle. Rick did fantastic job, we are indeed very lucky! To further accent the wall, we hung a painting by one of our favorite artist’s, Adrian Yellow above our newly mounted mantle. The fireplace is great on a cold winter evening.
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