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Vaulted Stone Accent Wall in Living Room

9 years ago

I have a large wood accent wall in my living room currently that is very dated and sunbleached-original owners built it. It doesn't go with our style, and we are looking to redo it.

It attaches to a corner fireplace (gas), that we use a lot to heat our home. There are also two large windows and a door on this wall.

This wall is part of the 'point' of the vault in the ceiling, 20' at it's tallest point.

We are looking at possibly refacing the fireplace and wall with stone, or a stone-like product.

Thoughts? Advice? Photos? I am clueless at to what to use, where to look. I have seen Airstone used, and it seems fairly user friendly and budget friendly. Anyone use it before?

Thanks!

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kelleg69
9 years ago
Can you post a picture?
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fiddleandco
Original Author
9 years ago
Ignore all the clutter (and the small tree,haha), please. Here is a quick pic of "the wall". Real wood, pink undertone. There is a door, two large (10'+) windows, and the fireplace. Thoughts?
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9 years ago
Do you have a picture including the fireplace
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beaglesdoitbetter
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Eldorado stone has a bunch of before/after pictures of people who put up stone walls. I've never used their products so I don't know about quality but I've had some of these pictures bookmarked b/c they look really cool!

http://www.eldoradostone.com/imagine/before-and-after/

Here's one of the picture of a before/after wall shaped similarly to yours. It looks great, IMO.
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DYH
9 years ago
A few questions:

It looks like your fireplace is stone. Are you thinking of matching that stone?

The door to the side makes me think it isn't symmetrical (and your examples are symmetrical). Can you show a photo that includes the door and entire wall?
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fiddleandco
Original Author
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
No, the wall is not symmetrical. The photo I shared shows the door and wall. To the right is the fireplace, that is all.

I am either going to have to match that stone on the fireplace, or curious about redoing the fireplace stone in the same stone as the wall? No idea.
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lascatx
9 years ago
last modified: 9 years ago
Hard to tell from the photo you posted (just see the corner with the wood wrapping the corner and a peak of stone), but have you considered painting or stining the wood a light grey to pick up the lighter parts of the stone? You could also remove the wood and simply paint the wall without accenting it. The mantel could be painted or stained lighter or darker, beefed up with more or heavier wood... hard to say from that little corner and not seeing the rest of the room or house.
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