MUSE Design You need to figure out the size of the fireplace insert first. Look online for them. I used the Heatilator website for planning my fireplaces. If you got one that was 36 inches, you'd have enough room for 18 inches of river rock on each side. Should be sufficient, seems to me. Cut out paper templates and check it out. Your builder or fireplace installer should be able to give you specific advice.

Stonewood, LLC The stain is custom formulated, the paint is BM HC-79 Greenbriar Beige

Stonewood, LLC BM HC-79 Greenbriar Beige

mrdoitall Thank you.

Benchmark Construction These are set individually. This is a good DIY project if you read up a little on mixing the mortar, and have a good surface to attach it to. Why? Unlike tile, the rocks don't have to be perfectly square and flat when you set them. These days anything is available as an imitation, and you could probably find these with flat backs, which would make installation much easier. They even sell premade corners.

Stonewood, LLC This face was indeed made of natural stone, individually set. The owners wanted a very artistic set - not perfect. The mason struggled with not laying the stone up perfectly evenly & flat, but eventually understood that the client wanted it to have a bit more character.

geneticsteel Nice warm design! love the chandelier, could you let me know who makes it?

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Durabrac Architectural Components Try Durabrac. It's what they do. www.durabrac.com

COASTROAD Hearth & Patio First off, my compliments to Stonewood for an elegantly rustic fireplace.

I'm going to jump in here with a couple of assumptions (and the folks from Stonewood can straighten me out if necessary). It appears that the stone on the bottom is man-made, probably similar to Cultured Stone's River Rock ( www.culturedstone.com ). The stone below sits slightly proud of the paneled, tapered chimneybreast above, which wouldn't be true if it was all stone first, and then the panels applied over the top of stone. Also, this is new construction, so there would be no point in creating a stone fireplace first and then covering up half of it.

Again, this is very nice use of different textures and colors to warm up the composition.

Stonewood, LLC The fireplace was a zero clearance unit, faced with stone, and the top section was simply framed, covered with a unit mate by our cabinet shop.