Fireplace & Stone

I don't have a ton of pictures this weekend.  I spent most of it working on the fireplace.  Lots of waiting for glue to dry.  And after the balsa wood front broke twice I gave up on it and made one out of bass wood.

The holes in the top are mean to be something like this:

So while I was waiting for the various parts to dry I started to work on something else I really wanted for the kitchen.

I've seen these in several pictures of Tudor kitchens and really liked the idea of having one in the WQ cottage.

I think this is actually the same picture just a different view.

The drying rack over the table is something I thought I could recreate.  It could hang from the beams of the ceiling over the kitchen table.  And I can make some bundles of herbs for it as well as vegetables like onions.

I had a bunch of old beat up spindles so I cut them down and used the tops of the newel posts I had left over from the tower table for the top.

It's upside down here, I'm trying to make sure the knobs stay on.  But I figure I'll wrap cord around the knobs or drill through them to hang it from the beams.  It should go in a similar position as the inspiration picture.

By the time it was done the fireplace parts were dry.  I did a quick fit to make sure everything worked together.

Since everything worked I could start putting the stone on.  I like to paint it after I've glued it on because sometimes the glue gets on my fingers and it'll pull off the paint.

I have to do it in three separate parts because if I glued the front to the main fireplace I'd never get the grout in all the corners.

The front piece is just sitting on the main body at the moment so I could be sure the roof of the oven would fit properly against the sides and back.

I wanted it to have a bit of a finished look so I did some fairly uniform brick around the front corners and all the edges.

Another dry fit here to be sure everything will work together.

I'll have to do the chimney separately.  I want to have two sconces on it to give some more light to the kitchen besides the fire.  So I'll add the stone then paint and grout and I'll glue the sconces into place and thread the wires down through the side of the fireplace.

Of course I'll have to mess with the candles a bit so they look like they've melted a bit.  But that's okay.  I can do that while the paint and glue dries.

I need to wrap the stone around the back of the fireplace and onto the resin one I have for the bedroom.  I can paint the inside to resemble brick but I want the outside to look like stone.

I figure a wooden top for it, stone on the sides and the front and heart painted out to look like carved stone and it'll look pretty good.

For now I'm done for the weekend.  Hope the rest of you are doing well.

The list continues... slowly but surely crossing things off.



Drill & Route out channels for lighting wires.

Finish shutters & interior trim for all windows on main cottage. 

Build Fireplaces & chimneys

Cut bricks and stone for outside of lower walls and tower.

(Test Magic Brik) - in progress

Add brick/stone to fireplaces.

Plaster upper walls and third floor of tower.

Add timber to upper walls and third floor of tower. (testing)

Paint stone.

Add grout to stone and brick.

Ceiling beams on first floor.

Ceiling beams and roof support for lofted ceiling on second floor.

Ceiling beams and roof support for the tower.

Build furniture:

          Make sink

          Make curved table for tower room

          Make loom

          Adjust tables for lab

          Make stool

          Make telescope 1/2 done

          Make orrey 1/4 done

          Make tapestry

          Make rush mats

          Make bedding

          Make books & scrolls

          Make paper pottery

Furniture in place finalize lights.

          Make candelabras

                 Standing Candelabra

                 2 small Candelabras
Add flooring

Plaster inside walls

Inside window trim & shutters

Build base for house.

Create 'slate' roof

Create front garden

          Make tree?

          Make stream?

          Make lake/river to go alongside house

          Make stone wall to go around garden

          Iron front gate.