A pretty hearth will be the focal point of a room. Clearly, it will depend on the type of fireplace you need – but this great example was despatched to us by Ron and Michelle Malchow of Nebraska. The house owner wants to transform this plain brick fire wall using stone or river rock. At the fire-box opening, use a scrap piece of 2×4 as a short lived brace to hold up the stack stone till it cures.
The mirrored wall above and the brass hearth appear to be they belonged in the Eighties. The brick was painted white and the mantel eliminated to create space for a television. That’s because most commercially-accessible rock wall surfaces require important depth for his or her tiles, or rock veneers – and they’re typically connected utilizing metal brackets, or mortar and grout.
Through the 60’s and 70’s, large heavy brick or stone fireplaces, …