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7jx7

Mantle or no mantle, hearth material

7jx7
10 years ago

I'm pretty new here, but I've received some great feedback on my other 2 posts, so here's my 3rd...

I remodeled the fireplace in the house I recently bought. I made it wider and ran the stone all the way to the ceiling (8') using virginia ledgestone. I used the virginia ledgestone bc it had the colors that I wanted (browns, greys, some charcoal as well).

Hearth: I'm looking for something more charcoal/grey. If I use limestone, it will wash the stone out. Bluestone will be too blue. Can't seem to find anything that will go well with this stone. Suggestions?

Mantle: I put this up without a mantle, but thinking of adding one now. Suggestions with this stone. White "crown molding" mantle? Traditional timber mantle? Skip the mantle? Btw- I am installing 2 eyeball lights to wash the stone.

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