The Chimney Issue
The architect came back today with the next set of plans. I'll scan those in and post them, but one of the issues that came up again was the chimney. When we first moved in I noticed a 2'x2' section of the kitchen that was walled off. It didn't take long to figure out that there was a chimney behind that sheetrock. You can see the base of it under the house and then it comes up through the attic to the roof.
I was in the "Keep the Chimney" camp, while Matt was not so sure. I rooted for it at every possible moment. We had mentioned the possibility to the architect that we would keep it, but weren't sure. We tried to look at it once before, but when we cut the sheetrock away, the chimney was still covered in shiplap, so we taped the piece of sheetrock back up...
Now we are discussing the possibility of having side pieces in between the living room and dining room to match the chimney. So we decided we had to look at the chimney to see the potential of keeping it. I gave Matt the go ahead to cut up the wall in the kitchen, after getting his promise to cover it up after destroying it.
Now we both really want to keep it. It doesn't stick out as far from the center wall as the standard 2' counter tops, so now we have to decide if we want to shorten the countertop or if the countertop sticking out will look ok. We'll probably run that one by the guy who has more design experience than we do... =]
One a related note, I am excited about the possibility of finding any cool tidbits about the history of the house. We haven't discovered much so far, but anything is cool to me. So it was pretty excited when we saw the wallpaper that was hiding behind the sheetrock. It's such a funky color!
Oh and just to make us more nervous, the shiplap in front of the chimney had lots of termite damage... Just like every other piece of wood we have uncovered in this house. *sigh*
I was in the "Keep the Chimney" camp, while Matt was not so sure. I rooted for it at every possible moment. We had mentioned the possibility to the architect that we would keep it, but weren't sure. We tried to look at it once before, but when we cut the sheetrock away, the chimney was still covered in shiplap, so we taped the piece of sheetrock back up...
Now we are discussing the possibility of having side pieces in between the living room and dining room to match the chimney. So we decided we had to look at the chimney to see the potential of keeping it. I gave Matt the go ahead to cut up the wall in the kitchen, after getting his promise to cover it up after destroying it.
Now we both really want to keep it. It doesn't stick out as far from the center wall as the standard 2' counter tops, so now we have to decide if we want to shorten the countertop or if the countertop sticking out will look ok. We'll probably run that one by the guy who has more design experience than we do... =]
One a related note, I am excited about the possibility of finding any cool tidbits about the history of the house. We haven't discovered much so far, but anything is cool to me. So it was pretty excited when we saw the wallpaper that was hiding behind the sheetrock. It's such a funky color!
Oh and just to make us more nervous, the shiplap in front of the chimney had lots of termite damage... Just like every other piece of wood we have uncovered in this house. *sigh*
posted by Jen at
8:57 PM
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We had the dry termites and our Bungalow had to wear a big yellow tent for awhile.
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Yeah - the garage had the tent treatment - as it was tore up (pure neglect) with drywood termites. The house has signs of subterranean and drywood damage - though no signs of an active infestation. I guess it is just part of the fun...
I do like the looks of your chimney. Are you going to make it functional? or just decorative?
Momma
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