Living Room

  To continue the tour of the house before and after take a look at the living room.  Someone had installed this purple/maroon carpet in the living room and down the hallway. One of the must haves for my future home was a fireplace. This fireplace had tile glued over the brick and lacked grout.  Some of the tiles were cracked as well. I later discovered that there were  cracks in the flue aswell, rendering it useless. 

                                                               

Bookcase and fireplace

   This is how it looks now.  The tile was removed and shaped stone was used over the brick and up the wall above the fireplace.  Matching stone slabs were laid for a hearth and a wood burning insert in the fire box.   A new liner for the flue fixed the crack problem.  The only part of the fireplace saved was the top of the mantel.  I have been thinking that I might replace that with a live edge mantel at some point.  And look at all the books!  Gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.

Someone enjoying the fireplace.