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Topic: Before-During-After: Eating our own dogfood
  Fabulous Fireplace Redo BeeCee writes: Tue, 01/09/2007 - 12:23am
So being the perpetual Jane that I am, I absolutely HAD to get a project in over the holidays. Actually, I got two in. The first one was taking down this horrible fireplace that I’ve hated ever since I bought the house. To my surprise, as I removed the mantle, I noticed that the bricks weren’t even attached to the wall! Nice construction job! So with a heave and a ho I pulled them down and they came crashing to the floor in a million pieces. After cleaning them up, I built a new VERY simple modern mantle out of Amazique (exotic wood) and then laid some marble with nickel inset mosaic tile. Photos below. I found this great accent tile for the border near the floor, and then did a color enhancer and put my knick-knacks back up. I just need to wait a few weeks and then seal the grout and I'm good to go! This one goes SOOO much better with my house. I'm very happy! :-)
 Before - ugly brick and far too traditional, YUCK!  During: pulling down the old brick, taking off the mantle  During - putting up cement backer board after attaching the new mantle I built  During: setting the tile. With nothing to hold the tiles in place over the opening, I had to create a brace until the morter set  After: the finished project, I'm very happy! |
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Wow!
BeeCee writes:
Thu, 12/14/2006 - 12:07am
Guess it's my turn. Like Rich said, we not only talk the talk, but we truly walk the walk. I'm probably a bit on the extreme end - in a good way. I started with stripping old furniture from years of paint and then just jumped into the deep end and built a 2-tier deck with a custom railing, built in seating and electrical timed lights. I guess you can say, I got the bug - and haven’t turned back since!
But for this post, I figured I'd show you my lonely BBQ that was sitting on my patio and just BEGGING for a real home. So I built it in. First starting with metal framing (you can't have combustible material within a foot of the heat source) to build a skeleton. Then I skinned it with cement backer board and attached it to the concrete slab, the deck to the right and the shed to the left. Next all that was left was tiling. I used a slate set on bias for the most part, glass mosaic for an accent and bull nose tile for the round-over from the countertop. Finally, I finished the countertop with a honed slate and I absolutely LOVE it. Hope you do too!
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