You'd want to use a corner on the stone but end it before the shelves because scribing the wood shelves to the stone will be impossible.

Perhaps you like to reconsider the use of Ledgestone as it will be viewed the same as the 70's volcanic rock in the years to come. Too Trendy

You could consider wood-facing or tile or stone slabs instead.

Stone veneer would be a better selection compared to Ledgestone

IMo ledgerstone is already dated and almost impossible to clean. Why noy nice 12 x24 tiles instaed they can be done with schluter corners that are almpst invisible and super clean looking .It would be nice to see your space Post pics here in a comment and see if more ideas come to us.

Thanks to you both for the suggestions @Patricia Colwell Consulting and @BeverlyFLADeziner! I didn't even realize it was dated! Our house is a 1950s bi-level with subtle mid-century architecture, so I've been trying to lean into it with my design choices and the ledger stone seemed reminiscent of the 1960s stacked stone fireplaces, which is why I was going that direction.

Here's the space before I did any work to it (I HATE that fan and will probably take it down):

Here's the space currently:

I bought two of these cabinets to go on either side of the fireplace. I chose it because it was plain and ridiculously cheap (36x36x12). I'm open to paint or stain.

Some other pics from the house to give you the vibe:

We had just moved in when I took this photo. Sadly, the walls are still bare (wife and I can't agree on what to hang!)

Main bath I recently renovated:

Mahogany front door I stained and hung. Incidentally this door opens just off the den where the fireplace will be-- I was thinking of echoing it by using mahogany veneer and the same stain on the shelving and mantle. (You can also get a sense of the lovely stacked shipping container architecture we have to work with).

Anyway-- thanks again for your input. I'd really appreciate any other suggestions you have!

So do the stacked brick or some other classic veneer stone.

The ledger stone doesn’t work with the other choices you already have in place. The overall design should flow. Choose one of the materials you used in the bath to repeat. The slab would be my first choice, but either tile would be nice, too. It’s a small living room, so the dark might be overwhelming.

Your bathroom is beautiful! I like @BeverlyFLADeziner'a idea with the dark stacked brick, or maybe a matte tile (a la Heath Ceramics?) and then accenting with mahoghany shelving to tie in with the front door.

Ok- since we have Carrera marble in our bathrooms, I thought I might go that route. I made a couple mockups. Does this better fit the style of the house? Also, is floor-to-ceiling marble too much?

In the photo below, you'll just have to imagine that the drywall above the fireplace bumps out 12" since my photoshop skills aren't good enough to draw that

Too frou-frou

What if you do something like pics 1, 3 or 4 in Beverly's post, but do it in the color that's on the wall in your bathroom? Then put a mahogany stain on the wood shelves. I think that would be gorgeous!