As you all (or at least the people with kids addicted to Disney’s Frozen) know:
“Some people are worth melting for.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, naturally, we bought a fireplace 😉
Just kidding, we actually bought it a while back, but it arrived here a couple of days ago (January 13th 2016). It was supposed to be delivered to the new house, but because it took forever to get a building permit, they delivered it to the old apartment. And by delivered I mean they put it in front of our entrance door, in the pouring rain, and left it there:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wouldn’t have been all that bad, but the problem was I was home alone and each box weighed about 200 to 300 kg. Don’t let the small box fool you, it really was that heavy. I tried. You could not put the boxes apart and carry stuff in by itself either.
So Chris had to stop by during his lunch break with a friend to carry it inside. They just about made it, so I felt less bad about not being able to do it by myself 😉
That same night I went to therapy with Lavinia and when we got back Chris was building the fireplace. It looks really cool, but we can’t use it yet (because I believe we should really have a fire extinguisher at hand once we do – even though we’ll hopefully never need it), it will also look better once it’s in it’s actual spot in the house. There’s mirrors on the inside, but those are still covered up for the move.
We are happy with it. I think it will look great in our winter garden, esp. on those long winter days when it’s snowing outside. Can’t wait to use it.

Please note that all pictures were taken at night and/or with a cell phone, so the quality is pretty bad.