That’s gorgeous, Hec!

it is possible to install a wood burning fireplace after the fact as long as you are okay with a stove type? I had one installed in my den here in CT and love it!!

I’d certainly consider it. But I’m finding way more fireplaces than main floor laundries. Unless you’re lake front (which I can’t afford), pretty much every one around here has a basement, because we’re prone to tornadoes. And I guess once there’s a basement, most people shove the laundry setup there. But, while I haven’t run the numbers, I strongly suspect more senior citizens die from falling down stairs than from tornadoes, and I plan to age in place. So, a unicorn hunting I shall go.