Your fireplace is too old to be made with fire bricks. The hearth, or floor within the firebox, appears to be made of quarried stone with mortared joints. For a cleaner, you could probably use a ...

By Rob Robillard Sage advice from a seasoned carpenter. In the finish carpentry world, fireplace mantels are often the ...

For homeowners looking to redo their kitchen or bathroom, selecting stone and tiles is one of the most important choices ... makes it an ideal application for a fireplace surround or hearth whether ...

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"I got designer tiles at a discounted price from a clearance section," Evija says. They used Brazilian slate for the hearth, ...

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It will give you the same elegant look as a natural stone hearth but without the hefty price tag ... Prior to the makeover, the space had an old-fashioned checkered tile fireplace, with the tiles ...

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The 36 coins were inside a pot which had a small round pebble as a lid and had been placed beneath a hearth stone slab in the fireplace. Read more stories from the Highlands and Islands Listen to ...

From the hearth to the mantel ... “When we moved in, this room was very dated with chunky tiles and [a] fireplace that had not been used since 1991!” Evija says. “The fireplace was falling ...