And the walls came down ...

We have been renovating for a while now ... Ok truth be told we have been renovating since we bought the house. But we have reached a new level it seems lately, when we first started renovations we barely knew what we were doing, now I think I could hire Terri out as a general contractor.



This past weekend, we reached a new level - we installed an eight foot wide header between the two main rooms. And even took the bold step of removing our propane wall heater, we hated the beast. It was so noisy that when it came on (and it seemed to come on every other minute) you could not hear yourself think.



This now forces our hand to get the wood burning stove we have always wanted.

There is something that excites us both about the idea of living as much off our own property and as simply as possible, and one thing we have a lot of is dead trees.

This weekend - we take on electricity - wish us luck.

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