Our new chimney

Our new chimney and French fire box. A double sided masterpiece. It can be used as a combustion heater or the glass disappears behing the bricks for a double sided open fire. Thanks boys for carrying all 250kgs.

We flew out a French designer/installer from Chiminees Philippe in France for a week to make sure it was perfect.
(no just kidding! I struggled through being fire box project manager/ installer.)

Very happy with the brickwork thanks boys and I found some nice cast iron side air vents in Melbourne (still in Melbourne if anyone wants to pick them up for me).

Changes ... warming changes

Our lounge fireplace is finally finished! It only took five years!

Before - below (And just for the record it is shown with the previous owner's styling/decor.) Pink wall; Stone fire surround with green grout; Not sure how to explain the mantle; The fire box was also fairly useless; Plus grotty carpet etc.

It has been a long project spanning five years even though it appears a fairly simple transition in the photos. We drove to Geelong to get the Jetmaster fire box I bought on ebay. It is fantastic. And the fire surround was on ebay too! I found the big frame in a second hand furniture shop and had a mirror fitted. I think the frame might have originally been the front of a chest of drawers.