Demolition continues at our house. At the moment, it seems never-ending. We had an "issue" with the roof design for the new kitchen extension so it's literally back to the drawing board there. In the meantime, I caved on removal of the indoor barbecue attached to the fireplace unit that divides our dining and living rooms. I finally accepted that trying to reuse the barbecue area for storage or some other purpose would never be anything but odd. So its demolition is underway.
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| Before demolition |
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| Mid-way through demolition: All but the lower portion of the barbecue is already gone, creating more of an open concept space. After endless debate, my husband and I've agreed to cover all the stone below the roof with Venetian plaster rather than trying to reface the scarred portions of the remaining fireplace in rock. |
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| There's currently a hole in the ceiling as removal of the barbecue unit necessitated removing the part of the chimney below it |
The good news is that, even after the upper portion of the chimney is reconstructed, there should be rock left for me to use in the garden. Natural palos verde stone is no longer available in the area so this is a windfall of sorts. One has to look for the positives...
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| My bromeliad bed has been torn to pieces by raccoons. I'm looking forward to building a fortified bed featuring a lot more stone. |
I'm also looking forward to being able to see my garden through the living room windows again.
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| View of the south side garden in mid-June |
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