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Originally Posted by Joekerr
Awesome...but...did you rip those wonderful wooden floors up? 
Are they going back down?
Yes, email me whichever pics you are comfortable with please, I'd love to see more. I'm actually really liking what I'm seeing so far, originally I was thinking why remove the fireplace, but it does look pretty clean right now. Will you be putting in a newer fireplace, or just boarding up the chimney pipe?
Very neat, I love seeing these projects.
I've been known to walk on through various homes getting built in my neighbourhood when its just in the process of being framed just so I can see the layout of what I think it will look like. I'm sure the owners don't appreciate it, so I never tell them, and I do it after hours around 6 or on the weekends when the builders aren't working. But it's super interesting. |
That parquet could not be saved. Even before I dropped the fireplace on it, it had water damage spots (condensation water from heating pipes) and I honestly hate that three prong (?) style. That's from the new side, I'm building a kitchen to the corner behind the fireplace, see the new sewer poking there next to the door I'll take down when I have the time. The whole space is 70m2 and on the new side so fuck it all is the philosophy.
If it helps, I had a nervous breakdown over what to do with the foors. You can't mess with the style much, it needs to be the element that integrates the two sides. Since we have kids and pets (includes now a fucking rabbit), it was the usual 2-5 years and redo or go ugly deal. I decided to do broad plank flooring after I exhausted all other options.
I'm putting in a new fireplace, a backing (bake a cake, baking, yeah, no c) oven. That'll serve as the heating too since I absolutely love cooking with those. We have a fireplace in the common room (?) too, and that'll serve as the looking at fire place for us (could be a finn thing. I could sit there for hours but I can't stand watching tv).
I'll send you pics! It's funny how you can basically smell my desperation to restore it from them. A perfect storm for me this is.