While Mrs.T and the girls are away enjoying themselves, I've been doing a bit of DIY that I've had on the 'back burner' for ages. It's a new fire surround - very plain in a sort of 'Adam' style. It's built of solid American white oak. This house dates from the 1830's, so not much is straight and level. I had to cut and shape pieces to fit round the wobbly bits of the original fireplace. Note that it sits into the thickness of the wall which overall is about 3 foot thick.
I will get round to replacing the hearth surround which is made of Ash, with a matching oak one.
Also in picture, our pet spider, "Spid".