tell me what you think , none boat item !

[mtb]

While I'm waiting for the weather to improve I've been working on the house.
The kitchen has had major surgery but there's a casualty re the stove in the picture. I thought I'd use it in our future dining room .
I got the chain saw out and cut up a longitudinal timber from my moorings again as in the picture .
Now does it look ok , to big or over the top ?.
I can use the big cross beam as a lintle set back in by a bricks length, also the stove which by the way is a Triumph Stag ( cos I swapped a stag for it while in Holland ) will be lower and back into the fire place by another 9"" . The stove chucks out plenty of heat when running the fire box glows red.
I'm undecided and don't know if I should do major surgery re battering the fire place. What do you lot think.
Tell you what though as the timber is still wet it has the smell of the sea
which is pretty cool .

Cheers
Mick

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[jimi]

Mick with all that pink and pretty patterns .. are you making a style statement? I think the rouged railway sleeper is too contrapuntal and you really need a nice B&Q wooden jobbie instead to be more in keeping with the pouffe ambience you seem intent on creating!

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[pheran]

No offence intended........but those timbers are c**P. Throw 'em out and start agin.
The stove on the other hand, is a wonderful bit of kit. If you need a surround at all, try something lighter. And if you decide that the smell of the sea is what you value most, keep the beams and PM me. I might want to make you an offer on that fantastic stove!

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[mtb]

OI I never painted the walls , any way the walls will be wood up to 4 ft then either bare brick or plastered
The timber is not from the railway and will within a couple of weeks once dried out be fairly light in colour.
What the **** does contrapuntal mean !!

Cheers
Mick

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[coliholic]

Only thing I'd add Mick is a small suggestion.

Tidy up that speaker cable by the door before someone trips on it and wrecks the whole ambience of the room.

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[gonfishing]

Err have you had planning permission?? coz if you have can you let me know his name?? wasn't allowed anything like that it my cottage, i can get the boys round for you if you wish, oh and take that fire thingy away, for free of course!

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[mtb]

I don't live in a cottage, the place is an old school so there's tons of room.
When I swapped the Triumph for it the car was worth over 2k .

While at a show in Holland we stayed with some Dutch people, any way when I walked into the farm house and saw the stove I just had to have it .
They had been given it as a wedding present so I had to bid high. They love Triumph cars over there especially Stags so I sat there wound him up about the car then looked him straight in the eye and said I'll swap you the Triumph Stag for it . His face what a picture ha ha . Any way after shall we say a family discussion they agreed and came over the next week end .
Don't know what the relatives said when the family heirloom took a trip to blighty but I sleep at night.

cheers
Mick

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[hlb]

Yep. The wood and the stove dont match. Could have wood and oldy worldy ingle nook fire place. But old beams and prity fire place dont look right. Get a plasterer in and get the walls all smooth, then paint them white. And get the door dipped in acid and turn it back to pine. Should keep you away from the boat for a while......./forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[rich]

love the stove - not too sure about the beams.
Missed you when you phoned the other night - also lost your number - try again!

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[stamfordian]

.Hi Mick the stove needs a plain background ....you mentioned wood???

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[Stingo]

Not good to put a guitar so close to heat. Dries the wood which will change the tone which will make you sound worse than you are which means that your friends leave early (just in case you pull the guitar out) which means that you're left drinking with SWMBO which means no greens tonight which means you're left frustrated which means you should never have left the guitar so close to the fire.

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[hlb]

Tutts like greens. But I,ve had very little for years. Can you help!!

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[Stingo]

Yep, you just relax at in front of your PC replying to posts and I'll be around. PM me your address.

Or was the question about your interest in her?

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[Col]

Na. Thats a poster of "fire"!!!!!
The candles there to provide the heat.

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[claymore]

Never mind the stove or that lovely pink paint
Isn't the dartboard supposed to be on a wall or is that how you play 501 down there?

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