shelf mantel, vertical stone placement above firebox
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shelf mantel, tile hearth, stackstone
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stackstone w_shelf mantel
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Cast concrete mantel; mosaic tile for texture
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Elevated firebox. Subtle contrast.
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Porcelain tile with metallic glaze, floating mantel. Plus I like the shape of the firebox doors - altho not a gas insert!
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Subway tile, wood finish surround look nice in this setting.
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Concrete surround. Sleek, low contrast with wall. Elevated firebox, more or less flush hearth extension. Narrow flange
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No mantel and flush-with-wall design with surround accentuating shape of the firebox opening. Not crazy about the high contrast between surround and wall.
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Subway-tile design with brick. Not bad...
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Mosaic tile. Not too wonderful alone but might be interesting combined with 6x6 tile in an interesting pattern...
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sleek
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Cast concrete surround with floating mantel
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Subway tile, contrasting grout, simple mantel
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Tile is very teeny-tiny; interesting contrast between tile/wall colors and then mantel and insert colors. Just another way to do it.
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Subway tile
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variegated herringbone, matching mantel
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Can barely see the herringbone tile, painted mantel
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Herringbone tile, dark grout
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IF we were going to do a sealed unit...but I don't care much for the stone facing.
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Flat hearth
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side reading nook; flat or no hearth - can't tell which
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Granite or marble surround, nice wood
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flat hearth; simple, clean lines. Facing material that goes above and below raised fireplace.
stackstone, at-grade hearth, shelf mantel
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