You might be thinking, what the heck are they doing to that beautiful fireplace? And I concur, it strikes an emotional chord to deconstruct something that had a real purpose for so many years. 
Jim Belden is putting his pneumatic chisel to work on this old smoke stack. The point is, we needed matching stone to fill some wall space so instead of spending time and money locating stone that probably wouldn't match the space we're filling on the opposite side of the house for a fireplace we definitely were never ever going to use, we said, "Hey, why don't we just use this stuff here?" Truth be told, it was Lorrie Hoefling, our green building guru, who suggested it. Great idea Lorrie!
Here you can see the stone pile and the holes we're filling. We're moving the side door to the back, giving the home owner direct access to the backyard space...wait until you get a load of what we're doing back there...
And here she blows...we're going to build some bookshelves, so that this beautiful glassed in space will function as a wonder place to get away and do some reading in natural light. We also ran a ventilation duct out here. We'll score the concrete and seal it. Throw a rug down and viola! We're in business. These Pella windows are going to knock your socks off.
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