My fireplace is not really safe to use, so I've nver had a fire. I want to make a custom bookshelf to fit in it.
Aren't they something. They're like butterflies, or little pieces of wrapping paper blowing around.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Feb 08, 2013 9:39:42 am PST #10403 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
shrift - Feb 08, 2013 9:40:37 am PST #10404 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I did indeed make it to Chicago last night. Eventually and very late. People keep asking me to think and string words together today, which is just cruel.
I grew up with a wood stove. My dad would chop down trees, cut them up with a chainsaw, and we'd haul the logs back to the house with the tractor. Then we'd toss the wood into the log splitter and stack the split wood along the fencerow. We'd haul some of the wood to a basement window, and when the rack by the stove got low, we would stand on a chair to pull more wood inside.
Amy - Feb 08, 2013 9:43:34 am PST #10405 of 30001
Because books.
My great-grandmother had a wood stove in the kitchen, and she still cooked on it.
The house before the one I remember didn't have running water, and I'm not sure about electricity. My dad spent all his summers there, and in high school my mom went with him, outhouse and all.
sarameg - Feb 08, 2013 9:44:20 am PST #10406 of 30001
I have a gas fireplace. With no chimney. The gas line is capped and there's no way I'd be able to install a new grate, because SO not up to current code. But it is the original design, and a friend does still have a working one in her house. She uses it sparingly. It freaks me out!
An aunt who lives out in the boonies has a composting toilet.
Atropa - Feb 08, 2013 9:46:37 am PST #10407 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
On my wish list for our Forever House are a fireplace, a screened porch, and a really high-quality dishwasher.
Fireplace, claw-footed tub, ENOUGH BOOKSHELVES AND CLOSETS, and maid service. Those are on my wishlist.
Amy - Feb 08, 2013 9:48:45 am PST #10408 of 30001
Because books.
Fireplace, claw-footed tub, ENOUGH BOOKSHELVES AND CLOSETS
Also butler's pantry, dumbwaiter, and turret room. I also loved the push-button light switches from the '10s and '20s.
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2013 9:49:13 am PST #10409 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Fireplace, claw-footed tub, ENOUGH BOOKSHELVES AND CLOSETS, and maid service. Those are on my wishlist.
Mine too. Plus I want a dumbwaiter. And a bookshelf that's a doorway to a secret compartment. And a dragon living under the stairs.
msbelle - Feb 08, 2013 9:50:07 am PST #10410 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
wish list for our Forever House
walk-in pantry, large front porch or wrap-around porch, craft room, lap pool, garden.
Lee - Feb 08, 2013 9:50:17 am PST #10411 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am glad you made it home, shrift, however late You aren't sick are you? I am on day two of the cold from hell. ( I managed to shower and dress in outside clothes today, which puts me ahead of yesterday, but I gave up before I actually made it out of the house)
tommyrot - Feb 08, 2013 9:50:18 am PST #10412 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Dumbwaiter x-post!
Oh yeah, I want a turret room too. More than one.
Our old farmhouse had push-button lights--they were fun.