Lounge room
The lounge room is dominated by the open fireplace, which apart from not giving off any real heat, is pretty ugly. So we decided to change it.
![The old fire](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/ic7f972e140ec8d2f/version/1393036319/image.jpg)
![Slowly at first](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/ie05c151ff870d959/version/1393036363/image.jpg)
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![Not much left](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i4992d93c229cb676/version/1393036423/image.jpg)
![New frame work for the new fire](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i05f5c2fb99f7805e/version/1393036461/image.jpg)
![Fire in, and cement sheet going on the front](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i04ddb34f883fc164/version/1393036516/image.jpg)
![Plastered and painted. A firewood box will go in the hole](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i3465316ea19e588b/version/1393036586/image.jpg)
![Random Clive and Sausage shot](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i99c43a19d4051ce2/version/1393036727/image.jpg)
![Seems to work ok](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/i6c57849de5c70664/version/1396756336/image.jpg)
We got the wood box back from the fabricators and it didn't fit. If there's one thing I hate, it's incompetence. If only I'd measured it right. So instead of having a nice slim arty woodbox, we've got a fat one instead. Oh well.
We also got a solid bluestone hearth made. It came in two pieces, and has been hollowed out a bit to reduce weight, and then honed. And then shipped from China! All for $390. We just need to seal it and install it properly. At the moment it's just sitting there.
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The lounge has been more or less finished for a while. We had to clear everything out, and get the carpet laid
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![Clive approves. Sausage's not so sure](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=500x10000:format=jpg/path/s957c4898a97b6fb0/image/ic32b3b4c9ff1aa56/version/1420619331/image.jpg)
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