In loving memory of Kenis D. Keathley 6/4/81 - 3/27/22 Loving father, husband, brother, friend and firewood hoarder Rest in peace, Dexterday

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  1. SkidderDone

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    20171223_172802.jpg View attachment 148640 Merry Christmas Eve, Eve hoarders!

    With it being the holidays and all (and a couple hot toddys in me) I thought I'd risk sounding emotional and share something with you all.

    Today marks the completion of a long time dream of mine. I grew up my whole life living in apartments in the city. My Mom always did a great job decorating for Christmas but living in an apartment we never had a fireplace. See I love Christmas. No I mean I love Christmas! Like Norman Rockwell Christmas. Anyways you can't very well have a Norman Rockwell Christmas without a fireplace and a mantel. Well I moved to the sticks 12 years ago and got a woodstove. Today I FINALLY finished my mantel.

    I milled the slabs from a Fir we fell on our property in April and my wife did the finish work. Anyways just thought I'd share as I think some of you would appreciate it.

    Now back to my hot toddy. Cheers! :coffee:
     

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  2. BigPapi

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    Congratulations! Most of us have a "made it" moment some time in life, and remember it forever. Thanks for sharing yours. Cool mantle, too - it's great that you got it off your own land, and now it could be there for a hundred years.

    ...can we get some pics of the fireplace, too? Not to be greedy or anything.. :)
     
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    They should be up there now. Was having technical issues earlier.:headbang:
     
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    That is beautiful. You come and do mine anytime.
    Merry Christmas to one and all.
     
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    That's a great looking setup Skidder.:thumbs: How did you get that barn board backing past the insurance dudes?
     
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    Beautiful, very warm and comforting. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
     
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    Thank you! What they don't know won't hurt em. :whistle: In all honesty it's laminent. From what I've read it has a pretty high combustion threshold. Plus it's beyond the combustable material space specs of my setup. :thumbs:
     
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    Thank you! Merry Christmas to you as well!
     
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    Good stuff! Looks very nice for sure.:salute:
     
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    SkidderDone, I think that's a great job you and the wife did. Not bad for a former (city slicker) lol. And Merry Christmas to and your family and everyone else on this forum.
     
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    Nothing like the feeling of accomplishing something you have longed for. Great looking mantel. Enjoy the BTU's from that stove.
     
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    SkidderDone you will no doubt spend much time reminiscing of the old times but the new times will be the best! Congratulations.
     
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    That's what I'm talking about! Great looking spot there, Skidder. Easy to see why you're proud of your setup - I would be, too. I hope you have many years of Norman Rockwell scenes there at the hearth. Merry Christmas!
     
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    That looks great!

    Merry Christmas!
     
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    SkidderDone congratulations on your Goal/dream coming true! Hard work and persistence pays off and it looks very good, Norman Rockwell would be proud ! Merry Christmas
     
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    Awesome job !! Merry Christmas !
     
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    Great work! And congrats on getting it done, looks great.
     
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    Congratulations on making your house your own!
    The mantle looks awesome!
    Merry Christmas.
     
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    Accomplishments are great! Nice looking mantle you have there SkidderDone
     
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