Thanks guys - really appreciate the kind words and feedback!
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Originally Posted by nvr2mny
David, outstanding! I love the gas lanterns. Are those by Handleman, or?
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They're from a company out of NOLA named Flamebeaux. My family has been in and around New Orleans for nearly 300 years, and as I spent most of my summers there I grew up with gas "hurricane" lamps and gas front porch lamps.
Fast forward to maybe 5 years ago, one of my cousins built a man-cave/porch/cigar lounge behind his home, and he hung a huge one over the center of the space. Even before I bought the new house I was thinking of ways to incorporate one at my place. Once I moved I rang up my cousin for a referral and ordered 4, smaller wall-mount lamps - knowing I would use them eventually, but
before I even started building my patio!
This is hastily snapped photo of my cousin's:
For my purposes, I opted for the additional protection of a thermocouple. I'm not sure if they're were really necessary but I ponied up for them nonetheless:
FWIW, I'm a little nervous clogging up this thread - most people are just posting a single "before" and a single "after" photo. I guess I got a little carried away -perhaps I should have started a "show your remodel" thread...??