FLORIDAYS RENOVATION 2015

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THE LIVING ROOM
GETS A FOCUS
6 JUNE 2015

When we redid the Wisconsin house,
we installed an electric fireplace in the new living room.
The improvement in ambience and coziness was amazing.
So I thought I'd put one here, too, although in a somewhat lighter color.
I started looking online in March;
the only one I liked was not available at ANY Lowe's.
I even had someone from their headquarters check each and every one.
So I let it lie for the time being.

Now that all the furniture is in,
the room still needs a focus.
I decide to look again.
Again, Lowe's has
JUST the one I want,
but not available locally.
Aha, I think to myself,
get a Florida Zip Code
map and put in the
zip codes close to PH.
Which is what I do,
and I find one available
in LIGHT DRIFTWOOD
in New Port Richey,
less than 20 miles away.
I order it immediately.
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THAT is the easy part . . .
now, how do I get it home?
Lowe's charges $80
for home delivery,
which seems exorbitant
for a 20-mile ride.
I email Joe the Contractor
to see if he or one of his crew
wants to earn a bit of cash. . .
yes, but we can't get
together on a date/time,
so that's a no-go.
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Today, I go to Lowe's, just to see if it will fit in my car.
It does! (How I loooooove my Hyundai wagon!)
So now I have to work smarter, not harder,
to get it out of the car and in the garage . . . it weighs 125 pounds.

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With a bit of leverage,
some pushing from inside,
the box slooooowly
settles onto the garage floor,
there to await assembly.
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FLORIDA
Now the only thing I have left to do is decide which wall
it should be against; pity that it has the corner thingie,
but there is no corner it will fit into.
I've already found art to hang above the fireplace.
Now all I have to do is arrange with Joe & His Crew
to come over and do some more jobs: assemble & place the fireplace,
put up some curtain rods [which entails drilling into cement blocks],
hang that heavy mirror, install a new front-door threshold,
some additional outlets in the media room,
plus anything else I think of.

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THE LIVING ROOM GETS A FOCUS 6 JUNE 2015
When we redid the Wisconsin house, we installed an electric fireplace in the new living room. The improvement in ambience and coziness was amazing. So I thought I'd put one here, too, although in a somewhat lighter color. I started looking online in March; the only one I liked was not available at ANY Lowe's. I even had someone from their headquarters check each and every one. So I let it lie for the time being.
Now that all the furniture is in, the room still needs a focus. I decide to look again. Again, Lowe's has JUST the one I want, but not available locally. Aha, I think to myself, get a Florida Zip Code map and put in the zip codes close to PH. Which is what I do, and I find one available in LIGHT DRIFTWOOD in New Port Richey, less than 20 miles away. I order it immediately.

THAT is the easy part . . . now, how do I get it home? Lowe's charges $80 for home delivery, which seems exorbitant for a 20-mile ride. I email Joe the Contractor to see if he or one of his crew wants to earn a bit of cash. . . yes, but we can't get together on a date/time, so that's a no-go.
Today, I go to Lowe's, just to see if it will fit in my car. It does! (How I loooooove my Hyundai wagon!) So now I have to work smarter, not harder, to get it out of the car and in the garage . . . it weighs 125 pounds.

With a bit of leverage, some pushing from inside, the box slooooowly settles onto the garage floor, there to await assembly.
Now the only thing I have left to do is decide which wall it should be against; pity that it has the corner thingie, but there is no corner it will fit into. I've already found art to hang above the fireplace. Now all I have to do is arrange with Joe & His Crew to come over and do some more jobs: assemble & place the fireplace, put up some curtain rods [which entails drilling into cement blocks], hang that heavy mirror, install a new front-door threshold, some additional outlets in the media room, plus anything else I think of.