Changes at Casa de Gato

so since we moved into this house a half dozen or so years ago I wanted to put a fireplace on the large wall in the great room.

Yes, we constantly deal with clutter.. I can't seem to throw anything away!

Well this past winter we went to the stove shop and saw a fireplace on clearance, and it was pretty, so I went for it.  It took some time to get all of the logistics down, and because we used people we know to do the construction it took a little longer still.. but considering how much we saved and how long we had been waiting for this in the first place, it was well worth it.

There was a while these book shelves weren't in,
and Fleurp had a GRAND ol time jumping in and out and investigating

We moved furniture sets around to make it cozier

Skippy TOTALLY approves.
I prefer he admire at a distance, as he has already coated the glass with sneeze discharge

Just in time for the warm weather.. isn't that the way.. :) That happened last year as well with the pellet stove we bought.  That's OK, come fall it will already be there and it will be awesome to fire it up on those snowy days.  The plan is to put the Christmas Tree in the cubby on the left where the cat tree currently is.. We have a rather narrow artificial tree so we believe it will fit nicely.