Not Enough Marble At The Top Of My Fireplace

Buying a white marble fireplace can mean a simple clean design scheme or you could choose something highly decorative instead.

Not enough marble at the top of my fireplace. Oh my goodness what a transformation. I used it to tile the kitchen backsplash almost five years ago and i m still loving it. And i m not a pro but it really seems a bit bossy don t you think. I love love marble.

I m used to that with wood but not tile. I have a question about my fireplace mantel. You ll want your new tile to complement the hearth material. Look at the hearth of the fireplace in my case the tile on the ground.

It looks like a totally different space. With our fireplace refacing plan all worked out and our supplies waiting at the ready it was time to dive into step 1. So my original plan wouldn t work and i had to spend forever re configuring the area where the tile would go to avoid cutting it. While marble used to be a symbol of the upper class it is now much more affordable and accessible so it could be possible to find a marble of marble effect fireplace for most budgets.

The built ins and fireplace are awesome. When my family purchased our home in 2005 there weren t a lot of options for customizing our gas fireplace. I think you can t never go wrong with marble. In case my sketch below is still indecipherable to everyone but me i highlighted the areas of the photo below that are going to get the tile treatment.

Get step by step instructions and tips to paint a marble fireplace surround using chalk paint including which brand holds up to the heat. But the new mantel is 63 high. At the tile store grab as many samples as possible because tile that looks amazing in the store may not work in your space. So we re here with every last detail from prepping and tiling to grouting.

Maybe you can do a blog post about fireplace mantel proportions. This budget friendly 25 fireplace update can be done in less than a weekend. But after i bought the tile and laid out my design i realized that the 3 6 size the tile was sold as wasn t the actual size of the tile. I still pine over the hexagon marble tie but it looked so strange in my living room.

The original fireplace was a 1970s flagstone horror with a raised hearth and concrete mantel.