The holidays are already perfect, my family is here and we are having so much fun.

To top it all off, I’m getting the perfect gift:

Apparently (and fortunately) the whole wall was held together with dirt and toothpaste – making the demo process easy.

We’re about halfway done taking it apart after one night’s work and will probably finish the rest, wall it up, put in the fireplace and order stone soon! We can actually finally use the basement!