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I am one of those people that like to make things myself. I have so many 'do it yourself' books that I barely have room to fit them anymore. I wanted to build my own fireplace badly, and I decided that was just what I would do. I was sure it couldn't be that hard to learn how to build your own fireplace. Let me just say that it was hard.

I tried reading up on it, only to learn that I didn't know half of the terminology they used. What's a 2x3 anyway, and does anyone know what mortar is? That wasn't a big deal, though. I could always harass the guys at the local hardware store until they explained things to me.

Unfortunately, I was going to have a party within the week I planned to have the fireplace completed. In fact, the book I was reading was called, "Build Your Own Fireplace in a Week." Great. So I had dried mortal on my hardwood floors, stone pieces scattered all over the plaqce, and some kind of large box I had tried to build.

It was all sitting in the middle of my den floor, and I wasn't even halfway done. I couldn't get all the stones to fit together perfectly, so I had to keep cutting and re-cutting them. This called for action! This is how I got my new fireplace.So, here is how I got my new fireplace!

I found the perfect fireplace I liked, swiped my credit card, and had the thing installed in my house in just three hours from the time they came by to do it! If you want to build your own fireplace, good luck - if you want to keep your sanity, skip the building and buy it from professionals!