Fire in the hole!

It appears that this was a functioning fireplace at one time, although it seems you could only make like, the tiniest fire ever in there.  Doesn’t that fire-hole look so teensy? I’m sure there’s a better name out there for it than ‘fire-hole,’ but honestly it looks like it could only hold half a log at a time.   

But enough about me fixating on this fun-size fire-hole.  Let’s see how awesome the whole thing looks now that Shannon got her hands on it.  She beefed up the mantle, de-beefed all that overpowering brick, and build a surround that puts the fire-hole into perfect proportion.  Fun idea with the lanterns inside too, so cheery!  Ahh, I miss you winter.  See more on her blog Love for Home.