Okay- we're back at it in the living room this week! What once was half-sized: ...is now super-sized: What fun to see it coming to life! The new hearth topper (a 2' slab of limestone from Acme Brick) went down first, and then we started piecing the framework together. Next up, we'll paint the wood on the sides and bottom. (I'm taking one of the blue-gray boards to the paint store to have it color matched.) Then, we'll install the rustic mantel beam (made out of 100-year-old rustic heart pine pla