Brick by Brick

My parents came into town this past weekend and brought us all the flooring fresh from the kiln. Once that was unloaded, my dad got busy laying the old brick for our hearth. Most of these bricks are handmade, over 150 years old and came from the old Sherill house in my hometown of Cornelius, NC. Some also came from an old store that was torn down in Derita, NC. Lorraine's sister, Kate, brought us the old star bricks which were found in a salvage yard in NJ. Our mantle is made from 2 granite window sills that were in the Thompson orphanage (the same building our slate roof came from).
We are so thankful for Dad's beautiful work and can't wait to sit around the woodstove next winter and enjoy it.

Even Ferlin got to leave her mark.