Cottage Living Room, Complete Reveal.....

Okay Dokay.....

Let's continue to peruse the rest of my Massachusetts living room.....

When I bought the condo, this wall looked like.....

Great!!!

(NOT)

The builder put a soffit over the fireplace, so as to provide a place to install   

recessed lighting.

The idea was good, the reality was #$%.

Instead of allowing the shape of the ceiling peak to stand out.....

He (I'm assuming it was a "He") truncated the shape, and made what could have been an impressive wall look like a short little poop.

SOOOOO.....

when I bought the condo and started renovation, I had the guys.....

rip the sucker out!!!!
I used the fake beams to supply a surface to mount the down lights. 
Since the beams were fake, I was able to recess the electrical boxes into the wood.
After the walls were clad in V-groove paneling, I designed a new fireplace surround that was a better scale for the wall.

Here's a picture of the window side of the room....

And here's a picture that shows how the fireplace relates to the sofa.....

This was to get you guys all revved up, to see all my details in tomorrows post.
Well, not all the details, I have a gazillion detail shots, so I will spread them out over a few days.
But before I go, to make the room complete, here's the shot I showed you on Tuesday.... of the last wall.....

So, I know this was a short post,
 but VERIZON sucked all the life out of me today.
 Last week I worked on getting my parents hooked up, 
with all the ins and outs of converting three things (triple play) over to a different internet company.
 And THIS WEEK I'm working on my house. 
It is VERY frustrating,
 but I hope will be worth it in the end. 
And I'm saving a #$% load of money......
Sooooooo.....
Latah, Gatah

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