Sunday, August 7, 2011

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!

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