Finishing touches, and one Unanswered question...

Yup! I'm still tinkering with the living room project - Which means I have

an update for you! But before I do... Someone at work bet me lunch that the

zinc horse wouldn't last. However, as you can see... I'm still winning that bet!

Anyway... Last week I installed my framing project...

Which looks great!

The week before that, I took the plunge on a console table at Pottery Barn...

Which truthfully, isn't working for me so there's a change in the works there!

More about that later though. Today was all about warming up the room! You

see, a few years ago I bought a ping-pong table. Because I love to play ping-pong!

In the spring, summer and fall we would roll the table out by the pool and play

there, or in the garage. But in the winter no one would play with me because the

garage was too cold. I solved that problem by having the garage insulated and by

installing a cute little gas-log fireplace... But before the next winter could come,

the Ranger enlisted and no one else wanted to play. So a few months ago, I sold

the table and that cute little fireplace, which may have been used four times, was

covered up for good. And, except for reminding myself not to bump into it with

the Mini, it was pretty much forgotten. Until last week when it occurred to me...

That it would look great in the living room! And, add a bit of
ambiance. And, help keep the room toasty warm all winter!

This brain-surge of mine came just in time too, because the contractor I hired
to install this little fireplace the first time, and the gas logs in the den and the gas
line in the kitchen for my gas stove/oven is retiring at the end of the year! Of
course, I've been asked six times since I got home where I plan to put the

Christmas tree... So far, I've been successful at dodging the question!