The Drawing Room: After
This is the drawing now, just about completed. We want to put in a tin ceiling, and the shoe molding has to go in, but this is the room in a nutshell.
The woodstove is mage of soapstone from vermont castings, it readily heats 1600 square feet, and even though we are 2400, the home still stays very comfortable. It has a catalytic combuster on it, so it only emits 3 grams of smoke per hour. That ought to make the evironmentalist whackos happy. Maybe not... you can't ever make them happy, lol! The pipes are double walled insulated, since it burns so hot. The minimum clearance on that angle the stove sits at to the wall is 18"
The floors are green marble, or more properly named "serpentine stone", since marlbe can't technically be green. It was interesting installing this type of stone, since it's prone to spaulding. So, when grouting and mortaring, you really have to use an epoxy, not a mortar. To make it "code", we first used half inch cement board, then sheet metal, then the stone itself, which is 3/8" thick. We then had to resize the moulding to accomodate the new thickness in the floor.
The curtain is a roman shade, made by me. Since we have single pane glass, I used silk dupioni fabric, felt as the inside, and the backing fabric. I cut up some old curtains to make the stripes on the shade.
The wallpaper is just from Menards, nothing special! :)
We also have dragon wallbackets on the right side of of the photo, but I don't know how to post more than one photo per entry, any help?
With the ceiling fan, I purchased a wireless transmitter that could solve our two wire problem coming from the fan (so those pulls are now not there). The transmitter can work off the exsisting hot/neutral wires, and has a cell to replace the third (sometimes fourth) wires needing to connect a ceiling fan with a light. It does a great job with no interference, because I also have a wireless router for three computers in the same room.
Whew! I hope I explained the room well without boring anyone! :)
The "after" picture
The woodstove is mage of soapstone from vermont castings, it readily heats 1600 square feet, and even though we are 2400, the home still stays very comfortable. It has a catalytic combuster on it, so it only emits 3 grams of smoke per hour. That ought to make the evironmentalist whackos happy. Maybe not... you can't ever make them happy, lol! The pipes are double walled insulated, since it burns so hot. The minimum clearance on that angle the stove sits at to the wall is 18"
The floors are green marble, or more properly named "serpentine stone", since marlbe can't technically be green. It was interesting installing this type of stone, since it's prone to spaulding. So, when grouting and mortaring, you really have to use an epoxy, not a mortar. To make it "code", we first used half inch cement board, then sheet metal, then the stone itself, which is 3/8" thick. We then had to resize the moulding to accomodate the new thickness in the floor.
The curtain is a roman shade, made by me. Since we have single pane glass, I used silk dupioni fabric, felt as the inside, and the backing fabric. I cut up some old curtains to make the stripes on the shade.
The wallpaper is just from Menards, nothing special! :)
We also have dragon wallbackets on the right side of of the photo, but I don't know how to post more than one photo per entry, any help?
With the ceiling fan, I purchased a wireless transmitter that could solve our two wire problem coming from the fan (so those pulls are now not there). The transmitter can work off the exsisting hot/neutral wires, and has a cell to replace the third (sometimes fourth) wires needing to connect a ceiling fan with a light. It does a great job with no interference, because I also have a wireless router for three computers in the same room.
Whew! I hope I explained the room well without boring anyone! :)
The "after" picture
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