I used 1 x 4 pine wood around the tile and mitered it in the corners.
Building out a fireplace wall.
Hope this video helped if you too want to build a fireplace.
To see our inspiration check out the blooming nest blog.
Store the firewood for your fireplace in one of these diy firewood racks.
Mark the dimensions of the fireplace against the wall and the footprint of the fireplace on the floor using painter s tape.
This is also a budget project that you can do for just 50 and in a few hours time.
In the first house the plans didn t account for the depth of the fireplace or built ins on the fireplace wall.
One we had wall one secured to the exterior wall we started building our second wall.
Building a fireplace mantel is a great beginner building project that anyone can handle.
We built a frame much like a small wall and attached it to the studs on the wall.
It was basically a big box with studs every 16 inches on center.
I did have to run the wood through my table saw to thin it out just a hair so that it was the same thickness as the tile.
The pvc pipe sticking out to the left houses all our tv cords.
You ll need just a few supplies and tools to get the job done.
So once the fireplace was framed out and the built in cabinetry installed we had two feet of drywall on the left side of the windows and about 6 visible on the right.
It sticks out about 8 inches from the exterior.
The second wall gives the fireplace dimension.