Did You Know You Can Cover Your Existing Brick Fireplace?

Does Your Fireplace Need a Make Over?


Designing Your stone Fireplace should be a fun and a creative process. Trends and Styles may change, but stone is timeless. Interior designers and architects are frequently suggesting the home owner use a stone veneer to reface their existing fireplace due to outdated or what some customers call ugly brick. Some of the newer homes only have drywall and can easily look beautiful with stone veneer. Before and After Pictures of Fireplaces

Questions to Ask When Designing Your Stone Fireplace: Stone Design Ideas

• What is the feel of the room? Is the room formal, causal, contemporary or somewhere in between? 
• What Color Palette and Intensity of color do you want for the fireplace and the surrounding walls?
• What is the natural and additional lighting situation for the room?
• Do you want to add a mantel? Wood Mantel Options
• Do you want to add a TV over the stone fireplace? TV and stone Fireplace Options
• Do you want to add book cases to the stone fireplace?
• Do you want to change the design of the hearth? Limestone Hearth Pictures

 Stone Veneers Offer These Advantages:

• Lightweight: Stone veneers weigh typically 75% less than real stone and require no additional support.
• Speed of Installation:  A one story  stone veneer fireplace can be typically installed in one day.
• Replicated from real stone: Our manufactured stone veneers are molded from real stones.
• Colors: We offer colors that match real stone or we can tweak the color to help match a decor.
• Cost: Manufactured stone is less expensive than real stone veneers. When you factor in installation, you can save 20-30% on your entire project.

Stone veneer in the style of Mountain Stack was applied directly over this brick fireplace and Alder wood stained in dark cherry was installed. More Mountain Stack Stone Fireplaces

                                                         
                                                              

Brick fireplace refurbished with new stone veneer. The manufactured stone
was applied directly over the existing brick. The wood mantel was installed to
the brick and the stone was installed without a mortar joint. The top layer of brick
was removed and our hearthstones were placed flush with the bottom of the firebox

For More Information about stone fireplaces, stone veneer, interior stone walls, stone wine cellars or stone fireplace design ideas contact us and we will be glad to answer your questions.

Email for more information

North Star Stone, Inc.

1921 Industrial Dr.

Libertyville, IL 60048

Showroom Hours by appointment

847-996-6850