On Memorial Day weekend we spent quite a bit of our time rocking the upstairs fireplace in the new house. I have been watching it being done in other homes and figured we could do it just as well or even better!
Frank and Caleb wrapped the walls with the metal lath and then plastered it. So the hard part was done! We used a cultured stone (fake rock) called Chardonney Fieldstone. Making sure we had a nice mix of color, texture, and size on the walls were important to me. Tera pitched in to help us as well. We all took turns in "buttering" the rocks (putting the mortar on them) placing them on the walls and then grouting. Grouting was the tough job. Actually, Caleb turned out to be quite good at doing the grouting.
Tera and I were both pretty scared up on the top of the ladder. The walls are over 13 feet high so we had to be there quite a ways! Anyway, the project turned out so well, we have decided to rock the downstairs fireplace tomorrow!
1 comment:
Wow mom, you got on the ladder? I'm impressed! You better not sell this house before I get to see the finished project!
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