The stoners … er … make that, stone masons, have started to stone veneer the main fireplace.  The did an initial sample of the style we settled on.

However, after some feedback from our landscape designers, we decided on some changes:

• Increase the size of the stone pieces and make them a bit more horizontal, to better match our existing stone wall
• Shrink the gap between the stones
• Use tinted grout instead of just concrete grey

Here is what they have done so far:

The joints haven’t been grouted yet.