Commented: how do you cover blacktop to make a garden?Hey, you will never have to worry about gophers burrowing into your garden with asphalt as the base, I think it's a great idea!
Commented: Wood panel wall against fireplace.IF you can paint the fireplace black it would go with the wood walls for a modern kind of look. Maybe art on the wall instead of TV, I gave you a fiddle leaf tree;)