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I had so much fun carving insulation with a wood rasp to get the basic shape of the Casa's kiva fireplace with bench seating on either side for a snug place to sit with some pillows! I'm thinking of putting a space for firewood beneath the opening. Once I'm happy with the base shape, out comes the Paperclay! :)
My current flooring choices are on the floor in front of it. I really want to try to use materials I already have and these are them! Tongue depressors make nice wide floor boards, Popsicle sticks, smaller floor boards and some wooden business cards that I bought from Lee Valley; which are crazy-thin and not super easy to cut even strips of - but much to my surprise they didn't warp all out of whack when I stained it.
I'm leaning towards the wide, thicker floor of the tongue depressors - but cutting all the curved ends off (which takes more pressure than you'd think!) is a little daunting.
It's been so much fun to be working on this again!
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Here's a tip - if you have wire cutters, you can snip the ends of the tongue depressers right off. You have to sand a little, but it is really easy. Love the fireplace.
Hugs,
Lainie
Thanks Lainie! I'm definately leaning towards using them! :)
The fireplace looks wonderful! I have always likes the rounded fireplaces.
I like the wider tongue depressor look too- I'm using those same sticks for the beadboard in the bedroom of my candy house. I just like the "feel" of the thick chunky boards. The fireplace is fab- I can't wait to see more work on it. I'm so glad you're having fun Cate ♥
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