I'm planning to cover the attached brick fireplace with natural stone for a more modern finish. This is the fireplace: [ATTACH]75517[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]75518[/ATTACH] I was thinking something like this as the stone (thought I'll probably find somewhere cheaper than HD) [URL="http://www.homedepot.com/p/Veneerstone-Imperial-Stack-Stone-Vorago-Corners-10-lin-ft-Handy-Pack-Manufactured-Stone-97451/202189826?MERCH=REC-_-rv_nav_plp_rr-_-NA-_-202189826-_-N"]Veneerstone Imperial Stack Stone Vorago Corners [/URL] I've seen quite a few tutorials about this online and am planning to level up the tiles with thin layer of mortar (including filling the current mortar gaps to create a level surface). I was also thinking of putting some slate down on the flat furnace in front of the fire. The part I'm most challenged with is the curved brick mantelpiece. As you can see, the brickwork is pretty intricate and I'm not sure what to do with that. I have a couple of ideas... 1/ Leave as is and have it poke out a bit past the stone. I don't think this will look great. 2/ Grind off the mantel - this will be real messy and awful work. I'd rather not do this. 3/ Do some build up work on the mantel to either make square (piece of wood along the top maybe) or keep the curve and intricately create a curved mantel from natural stone. This is where I'd love your thoughts? Suggestions for what to do here? Any thoughts on the rest of the plan? Thanks in advance!

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