January 5, 2012
During our kitchen remodel, we discovered that there is a hollow beside our chimney. I’m turning this space into a small closet with shelves in our foyer, with a built-in bench below it.
In two Saturdays of work so far, I have cut and re-framed the rough opening, patched a hole in the side of the chimney, cut off an old abandoned gas-light pipe, moved some wires out of the way, cased the opening, and built & installed a door. I also put up new coat hooks since I had to take down the old ones.
Many more steps to come, which I’ll update here as I make progress.