Here's the step by step progress...
Our old fireplace (gas fireplace with marble stone around it and a painted white mantel)
Steve putting down the new slate
The finished stone around the new electric fireplace
The finished mantel and new crown molding at the top to go with the new mantel
3 comments:
ooh! i love it! we have a weird stone fireplace in our new house, and definitely want to redo it - was this a tough project? we have to rip out some of the old rock in order to redo ours, but the look you got is kind of what i want!!
Nice job! Anyone with basic carpentry skills could buy just the electric insert for around $250, build their own mantel, and end up with a one of a kind mantel.If anybody's interested in this I found a place where you can get just the insert for around $250.
http://www.alternative-heating-info.com/Electric_Fireplace_Heaters.html
You can get an insert for $250 but it will be very basic. It depends on the size of your opening, what features you want, etc. Ours is a bigger opening and has doors (which is great for child-proofing). Also, if you don't want to change your insert but just change your surround and mantel, it would be a lot easier. We got the slate tiles at Lowes and picked through them for the colors we wanted (they can vary in color a bit). If you want more information, Krista, send me an email and I can let you know exactly how we did it!
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