Our own project - Built in flat screen tv and cultured stone fireplace

We love our home, especially the main floor - but, we found that we weren't spending as much time as we liked in our living room. The reason? Our television and fireplace were in the family room on the lower level (basement). We decided that we wanted to bring our tv and fireplace upstairs, and chose to transform an interior wall in our living room. No tearing down of walls! No costly chimney's required! No venting! No damage or changes needed to our existing hardwood floors! Read on to find out how we did it...and how you can add luxury to any wall or room in your home too!

What you will notice from this picture is that we decided to add the feature wall to an interior wall in our house. This is possible because the fireplace we chose is an electric model - complete with 3 heat settings, 3 flame settings, a fan to throw the heat into the room, and (always a bonus) remote control! This unit simply plugs into a regular outlet. Plug in. Instant ambiance! The new technology out there makes it hard to distinguish between a gas fireplace and an electric fireplace.

Before photo:



During construction photo:



The final product:

Refacing brick fireplaces with CULTURED STONE

BEFORE and AFTER



Many fireplaces in homes that were built in the past decades are brick. Getting rid of your dated brick fireplace (and I don't mean painting it!)  is not a difficult upgrade - regardless of whether your fireplace is wood-burning, gas, or electric....refresh your room and add comfort and value to your home with CULTURED STONE.

For this project, the main priorities of the homeowner was to cover up a large brick wall in a main floor family room - that is open to the kitchen - with a similar stone that they loved in their previous home in Quebec.

I met with the homeowner and explained how we could achieve her vision. I accompanied her on visits to a number of stone manufacturers, where she could see first-hand - on full size display panels - over 30+ cultured stone styles and colours available.

There was no 'tear down' involved - the old brick fireplace is still behind the stone - which keeps the price much lower!