And Now Attention to the Indoors

It's too cold to do any landscaping now, so any improvements on the house are indoor ones. Not that we had much to do. Our first task was the fireplace. This is what it looked like before we bought the house:

NOT OUR FURNITURE

That door is ugly and needed to go. Apparently it had been there for quite a while, because upon taking it off, it was clear that the brick had been painted around it. Several times.

But, thanks to the Christmas present from my sister, we now have a much better looking screen:



Truman is also a fan: