Fireplace Planning

Chris would make a lovely mantle decoration :)

Everyone has a different list of "must haves" for their dream home. Thankfully, Chris' list & my list were quite similar!Both of us really wanted a wood burning fireplace in our forever home, neither of our condos had one & we found ourselves wishing they did.

Surprisingly, it is not too difficult to add a wood burning fireplace to a home, particularly when you will be ripping apart so much of it in the first place!

We misjudged where the fireplace will be on this wall (it will be closer to the dining room; not centered on the living room wall. Its location is determined by the chimney location!), but we taped out the size of fireplace/mantle/hearth to get an idea of its impact on our living room.

Hello there future fireplace!

This planning has us dreaming of when we'll move in (hopefully February, 2016). It will likely be cold & snowy & PERFECT for fires in our future fireplace!

Ordering the "box" where the wood actually burns.

What are some of your "must haves" in your current or future home? We are always picking our family/friends' brains to make sure we haven't missed anything to include in our house plans!