Almost Finished Product

Ok! Here it is. Cass and I, over the winter, did some work to the fireplace room that made some big changes to how the room looks now.

We bought some moulding to wrap the sliding door with. Since I had received a miter saw for Christmas, I decided there really was no good reason that I shouldn't finish that door so we could hang up some curtains and hopefully stop some of the warm air in the house from escaping through the great big glass wall in the family room. We painted the moulding the same color as the wall since it was mostly going to be covered by the curtains anyway. But wow, when we got that installed, it was amazing the difference. The room instantly looked and felt closer to being finished. I was really happy with how the miters turned out, too. Since I'd never done a mitered corner, I wasn't sure how they would turn out.

Cass and I used some of our Christmas gift money to buy some new curtains and a new rug for the room that went well with the colors we picked out for the fireplace wall which is a smoky blue and khaki for the other walls. We installed the curtains on a dual curtain rod setup so the blue panels and the brown panels are on separate curtain rods. That way they can retract farther to the right which makes using the sliding door a lot easier. It was awesome how similar the blue of the curtains was to the blue on our wall. Plus, it matched the blue in the awesome area rug we found. So, here's a good look at how the room looks now. We haven't installed the mantle, base boards, or crown moulding yet but we'll be starting those soon.