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Just a peek!

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My cousin Terry stopped by over the weekend to see my progress, and offer some advice. We talked about the hearth and discussed some things I could do. We talked about painting or tiling it. We decided the best option for me would be to “box” it in just like I did the mantel.

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I went to Home Depot today to gather more supplies, another sheet of lauan, molding, quarter round, trim and (more) paint. I used the same technique with the molding as I did with the mantel.

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Because the hearth is over 9 feet long and lauan comes in 8 ft lengths, I had to piece it. I pieced the top piece on the left, and the front piece on the right.

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You may remember this little dilemma. When I pulled the carpet up a few months ago I found a little surprise. Apparently when the fireplace was installed, they made a mistake with a cut.

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I decided to extend my “box” over the length of the top in order to cover up the concrete mishap.

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See? It’s all gone!

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This is where the vent was. Isn’t that a silly place to put a heat vent? I chiseled out the old vent cover, and most of the extra mortar in order to make room for my new vent cover.

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If you’re a long time follower of my blog, you know that I always leave a note for the person who may renovate years down the road. Here you can see that 2×4’s were a perfect “spacer” for the bottom of the front facing. The original hearth ledge extended over the brick. I then added another 1/2 inch (molding). In order to stabilize the front facing, I nailed it to the 2×4’s.

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You can see that the top is pieced. I glued it and nailed it. I also cut a hole for the vent. I purposely centered this new one, where the other one was lower to the floor. I have plans for the front facing that needed the vent to be centered.

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This is a shot from the end, all the way down the hearth.

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This firebox is huge! I’ve told you that before, but in these pictures you can really get an idea of how big it is. I am painting the firebox and surrounding brick black.

stay tuned!

gail

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19 Comments

  1. I love what you are doing with it. What a job, but well worth the finish! Can’t wait to see how it all looks finished!

  2. This is such a huge undertaking, Gail, but you are rockin’ it girl!
    I can’t wait to see the finished product, it’s gonna be fabulous!

  3. Agree with everyone you’re amazing! This will be so cool when you’re done. And what a nice idea to leave a note for the future. I did that when I had my house built..

  4. All this work is going to be worth it! You are doing an amazing job! I like that nice big firebox! I just did a fireplace update too. Yours is amazing! Karyn

  5. This project is inspiring me to do the same to a pain in the neck corner fireplace with raised hearth in my living room. I have disliked it forever (25 years we have lived here so far) but you are opening my eyes to the possibilities-many thanks!!!

  6. Woot Girl! You are amazing! I can’t wait to see what you do to finish it up. I”m so inspired to do something with my eyesore firplace….

  7. I had no idea the fire box was THAT big! Looks like you’ve done alot of work since the last time I looked. I am excited to see the final result!

  8. Wow, it is big. Did not look that big until you stick a person in it! Fireplace is looking great and I think its a great idea to box it in like you did the top. Great job

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