Old fire place
This was one of the most satisying jobs of restoration I've done!
You'll see the state of the range etc when we got the cottage!
We removed the range and the brick WALLPAPER behind.
The original fireplace had been blocked up, we removed all the blocks and the 6 foot plus of soot and dirt etc that was behind, and discovered the old red bricks were still there (sweet!) Although they were pretty blackened.
Many, many hours of scrubbing with a deck brush & an acid solution and rinsing etc with a power hose and we could finally see some red!
We cut an old railway sleeper in half and planed it and varnished it- to use as a mantle.
We had the base & tiles fitted & next we got the log burning stove fitted.
Wall plastered and painted & there ya go!
I absolutely love sitting in front of it now and light a fire all year round (it's needed all summer in Ireland as you all know!)
Eily
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