Lauren Liess Instagram – Working on our kitchen fireplace at the Meadow!! We have a chimney from the original wood burning stove alcove (photo 1) that we have moved out (photo 2) to go to the barn studio. I’m SO. PUMPED. to have a true cooking fireplace in the kitchen complete with a swing arm cauldron for our weekly broths/ soups!! While we loved the wood burning stove, a fireplace in front of the kitchen table has been a dream of ours and it will suit the things we like to cook. I’m thinking of keeping the existing niche and doing the fireplace at approximately countertop height (or slightly below so I can easily peek in the cauldron) with a wood niche below. We’re putting a little stone countertop on front for workspace. The brick isn’t suitable for a fireplace interior so it will need another material instead (I’ve been looking at stone, stucco, and terracotta options and will be sharing those in videos soon.) Can’t wait to get this project going! 🔥