Fireplace - Almost Finished!

                 Been a long couple of weeks with all the mess and trying to protect all my plants from the boards and bricks and workers. Seems I finally get the farmhouse looking really nice and then another project starts and we're back to square one. 
 

                       As you can see, a lot has been accomplished. Jake cut the hole through the roof yesterday and that portion of the chimney will be built and then all we need is the pretty part . . . the stone.

                            A lot going on inside, too.  Another mess. UGH

                               Almost there!  The stone and hearth are about all that is needed to finish inside. Just hope my andirons will fit inside this tiny fireplace.

                       Just for fun last night I placed the mantle and the portrait just to get a feel for how it will look.  Our mason is in his 70s and he is about the last of a dying trade, so I am glad we decided to bite the bullet and pay the money to get this done. It's going to make the place!