Marcye Philbrook It is 4" maple boards with a clear water based poly on it.

Marcye Philbrook Sorry to take so long to get back to you! The room is 21' wide.

tre711 Thank you!

alex511 Thank you for the information, Marcye! Have you sat in this stool? Is it comfortable?

Marcye Philbrook Yes, actually, it is very comfortable. The clients love them.

Marcye Philbrook If your ceiling height is 94", not 9', you just need to use the same concept as before and lay it out on graph paper until you get a pleasing layout. The tiles are cut from slab or molded in concrete.

Marcye Philbrook The height of the tiles is dependent on the height of your fireplace opening. If, for instance, your opening is 36" wide x 24" tall and it sits at the floor, I would do 12" x 24" tiles either side of the fireplace so the grout line at the top of the tiles lines up with the top of the opening. You almost treat the opening as a tile. The row just over the opening would probably have two 30"w x 22"h tiles so the vertical seam is centered over the fireplace. The next row up might have tiles 22" high and do the12", 36", and 12" again. Repeat the last two rows' widths at 20" high and that will bring you up to 9'. You just have to work it out on graph paper depending on what your opening is. You have the tiles cut out of slab material if limestone, and if it is concrete, have your concrete person make them. Remember to subtract from your tile measurements fora thin grout line between everything.

Marcye Philbrook I took my cues from the size of the fireplace opening and the width of the wall, and decreased the height of the stones from bottom to top. They ranged from 56"w x 23"h for the bottom two rows to 56"w x 19"h at the top. With either concrete or limestone be very careful of the type of mastic used to adhere them to the walls...both concrete and limestone are porous. Use a professional who has experience with this type of application.

Marcye Philbrook The stone is Gasgogne Blue, a limestone. It was 3 cm thick and I had the slabs cut into very large "tiles". The lot of Gasgogne blue was not very blue...more on the sandy gray side. We got it at Marble & Granite Inc in Westwood MA.

Marcye Philbrook Hi lulu,
Yes, I designed all of it, thank you! We have more to do in the room, but the clients have been busy traveling.

lulufifi I can't wait to see what else you do. thanks so much.