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We are done putting up the ceiling!!

This is super exciting to me. I am tired of seeing the green-grey Roxul, tired of lifting my arms above my head, tired of trying to shove the tongue into the groove because we've salvaged the wood from two rooms and they aren't the same size...but now we're done.

It still needs to be painted one last time, but that will be when everything is almost done and I'll paint everything all at once.

Now to change my focus. Onto removing the paint from the brick walls.

I've tried a few things to get this paint off. Paint stripper, a metal thing for the drill and good ol' scrubbing with a metal brush, which seems to work the best.

We're also going to be focusing on the fireplace and building the surround.

This is my photoshop mock up of what I have to work with:



I have some ideas as to how I want it to look and thanks to Pinterest, they're all pinned in one spot. Here's what I like when I think fireplace in the back addition...

Texture?

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Thin layers?

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Rough Wood?

 
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Grey Brick?

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Stones with a mantel?

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Grey Concrete and Texture?

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White? Nice solid sitting stoop though.


More stone with a mantel and tile on the floor?

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Even more stone with a mantel and sitting stoop?

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More Stone?

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