Dry stack fireplace project underway

[JY0]

I wish I had a better 'before' picture but you can get the general idea.

Stripped:

I found a beautiful piece of cherry, we cut it, sanded it, and sprayed a few coats of flat lacquer, sanding between each coat. It really brought out the character in the wood.

Mantle in place:

More to come later...

[canadianbeaver]

Beautiful! Can't wait to see the finished project!

[Loki]

Very Nice. I have 2 wood burning stove in the house, toasty.

I am guessing that you are going to scratch coat and use some sort of cultured stone ??? over that mesh.

[JY0]

[rfenst]

That will radiate heat for hours!

[JY0]

Done!

[Cohiba Stevie]

Looks fantastic. Bravo.

So by dry stack do you mean those pieces of rock have no mortar holding them in place?

Sorry if its a daft question. Im really intrigued.

[JY0]

Thank you!

We used mortar to hold the stones but not in between. Real dry stacking doesn't use any mortar at all. Tis is actually faux dry stack.

[Warren]

I effing love it man.

[ajgagnon]

Nice work! Stands out nicely against the wood.

[CanuckSARTech]

Man, this is gorgeous!!! Well done!!!!

[maverickdrinker]

beautiful work

[hermit]

Can't agree more this is awsome a great centre piece. Must have been hard fitting the rocks so evenly.

[bobbutcher]

dam that looks fantastic grat work.

[JY0]

Thanks all.