The living room is the hub of our home. It’s the place where friends and family gather and memories are being made that will forever live long after we are gone.  One of Abbie’s dreams when looking for a home was to have a fireplace that would be reminiscent of some of her homes she had growing up in Georgia. Since growing up in Houston, I never shared in that sentiment but part of love is compromise so we always knew we would add a fireplace to our home at some point.  When we started the initial living room renovation, we knew that we would later come back and add the fireplace to the room. The room originally had a dingy white wall with a gas wall heater. This worked to our advantage because we would later repurpose the gas line to use for the ventless natural gas fireplace.  We…