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by jolmg 2581 days ago
I was expecting this to be about software customization, but I guess not.

BTW, what is that on the wall below the desk on the 2nd picture? I'm not even sure how to describe it. It looks like a cat door with 4 mini laundry baskets stacked on one another and like a plastic bag in a hole on the top. What is that?
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NeedMoreTea 2580 days ago
Victorian (probably) bedroom coal fireplace that's been painted over. There's even a few hearth tiles still in front of it.

Random image of a restored one: https://www.oldfireplaces.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2...

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hotsauceror 2580 days ago
It looks like an old fashioned natural gas heater? My grandmas house had something very similar, it was like a little decorated alcove with an open natural gas flame in it. The bag at the top probably covers what used to be an old vent or something?
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