Well, while cleaning up the mess I decided to go ahead and remove the rest of the 2x4 framing since it was so poorly attached to the wall and needed moved anyway.

Once I got it off the wall I found that there is indeed an old power line, live no less, which is at the top of the fireplace.

I'll be using a shallow electrical box to enclose it and will frame a power outlet into the new mantel. Nice to find it, makes my life easier since I don't have to run power to the location.

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Well, I didn't really break it. What I did do is finish deconstructing it, which is a much better term for smashing the crud out of it.

Since it was so cold today I decided to hold off on working on the dog door and opted to finish the fireplace breakdown.

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Well, I'd wanted to finish up the dog door today but instead we took the day easy for the most part. We did however start on the fireplace and I must say, even removing parts of it is a vast improvement.

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I'd been looking around the 'net for some inspiration as to what to build for a new fireplace mantel and I think I've found it.

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I'd commented before to people that I've got several years worth of things that need to be done to this house. I didn't really realize how right I was until I started making a TODO list of things per room that I need to get done.

This is my TODO list for the house. Anyone want to help?

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Since the fence is done, the gates are all in the the dogs are happy with everything it's time to start installing the dog door.

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Well, after alot of work and quite a bit of rushing to get the paint on the walls, the dining room is almost done.

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For those of you who know us personally you know that we finally sold the house and bought a new one. For those of you who do not? Well, now you know.

It’s been a busy time with all the moving, handling details and etc. In fact it’s had me tied up for a while. We’re finally set however and have cleaned out the other house.

So now begins the ultimate weekend warrior quest. One in which will take us years to complete. But onward we trudge nonetheless.

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Another "after the fact" blog entry coming at ya. These are pictures of my sons room. It's done in a Blue jean Teddy theme with the walls and trim color matched to parts of the bear that appeared on his comforter.

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Sadly, I did not think to build up my website before building on the projects around the house, so this comes very late. At any rate though, they're almost done.

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