Preparing the Hearth
Originally old marble tiles served as the hearth- I posted about my mother-in-law scrubbing them clean here. All of her hard work hasn't gone to complete waste- we definitely enjoyed them while we used them, but with the new stone facade we opted to replace the existing tiles with a slab of blue stone. But before that could be done, Ben had to chip away at the old tiles and cut the floor to the exact dimensions that we wanted the hearth to be.
So while we started out with this..
after an evening of chipping the hearth looked like this..
and then Ben got out the saw and started cutting away..
Acclimating the Stone
Last week I had mentioned the stone was being moved into the living room. Cold stone really can't be cemented and affixed so in an effort to warm it up it was given a few days to adjust to the temperature of the house. Meaning our living room is now basically a pile of rocks..
Installing the Stone
So with the stone acclimated the hearth was set yesterday- unfortunately I missed my chance to photograph it but now you have that much more to look forward to when I post the big reveal! But this afternoon they started setting the rest of the stone and I thought you might enjoy a little sneak peek..
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