How to Build an Outdoor Stacked Stone Fireplace
Add fireside ambiance to your backyard with an outdoor fireplace made with stacked stone.
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Materials Needed:
- stacked stone
- 2X4 pressure-treated lumber
- concrete foundation
- concrete cinder blocks
- backer board
- screws
- mortar
- trowel
- tape measure
- pencil
- notepad
- nail gun
- nails
- drill
- screws
- chop saw
- shovel
- chimney cap
- protective gloves
- screwdriver
- masonry anchors or bits
Step 1: Create a Design
Use tape measure to determine width, length, depth and height of fireplace. Jot dimensions down in notepad using pencil. Establish the overall look for fireplace. Consider brick for a more traditional aesthetic or man-made stacked stone for a contemporary look. Also decide if your fireplace will be wood burning or gas-lit.
Step 2: Create a Concrete Foundation
If your home doesn’t already offer a safe, flat area with a concrete slab, create one by digging a ditch, and mixing then pouring concrete.
Step 3: Lay Concrete
Referring to design, lay concrete cinder blocks, adding a layer of mortar between each block, leaving opening at top of chimney for ventilation.
Step 4: Build a Façade Frame
Referring to dimensions on notepad, cut 2X4 lumber to size with chop saw. Assemble each 2X4 with nails using nail gun or with screws using drill.
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Step 5: Attach Cement Board
Cut cement board to size using chop saw. Using drill, attach cement boards to frame with concrete screws. For smaller areas of frame, use chop saw to cut cement boards to size.
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Step 6: Add Mortar
Mix mortar, referring to directions on packaging. Use trowel to scoop mortar from bucket, then add mortar to predetermined cement boards. TIP: Applying mortar in sections will keep it from drying out prior to placing stone.
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Step 7: Install Stacked Stone
Press stacked stone material into mortar, holding in place until self-supported. Continue placement of stones, ensuring no space is left between them.
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Step 8: Attach Chimney Cap
Most chimney caps are made of metal; wear protective gloves before installing. If you have a single-flue chimney cap, slip it over the flue, firmly tightening the screws on all sides of the chimney cap. Inside-mount chimney caps require a firm push directly into the flue. If your cap requires masonry anchors or bits, attach using drill.
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Blue and White Delight
Stripes, checks, and plaids never go out of style. But just because they’re classic doesn’t mean they have to be predictable! Try a bold geometric print, like this railroaded pattern on the curtains, for contrast.
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Use sheer, lightweight curtains to keep the airy effect going from the beach to the bedroom. A neutral color palate has a barely-there feeling that won’t take the wind out of your sails.
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Woven grass-cloth walls set the tone for a texture-rich hideaway. Driftwood, bamboo, and linen are echoed throughout this bedroom to add depth and dimension to the rain forest color palette.
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Seaside Elegance
Don’t be afraid to be inspired by your surroundings―the ocean is the perfect place to draw from with serene blues and whites. Be loyal to one color so you can layer floral, geometric, and batik fabrics while maintaining the serenity of the sea.
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An Outdoor Room With a View
This teak daybed dangles from a grass-topped pavilion as it overlooks the soft waves on the beach in Mexico’s Zihuatanejo Bay.
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The Grass Is Always Greener
Lounging on a blanket in the grass is great, but what if the grass form-fitted to your body? That’s what designer Jamie Durie created here with this sunken, clamshell-inspired sofa “upholstered” with grass and AstroTurf.
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A Shady Spot to Lounge
Creating a four-poster frame just for your daybed means you don’t have to limit your placement to areas with existing structures. This one is situated at the edge of yard for maximum shade.
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The Perfect Vantage Point
Sit down and stay awhile on this cushioned, out-of-the-way bench. Rambling ground cover and curved pavers lead your eye out to the rest of the yard.
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Suspended Relaxation
Halfway between a hammock and a daybed, this suspended outdoor lounger is placed so the lucky occupant can either enjoy the view of the adjacent pond or take part in the action at the dinner table.
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The housing recovery may be taking hold faster in luxury real estate. Several parts of the country are reporting bidding wars in wealthy pockets as buyers look to snag rising home prices and investors search for bargains.
Property sales of $1 million and higher soared 7.2 percent in March compared to a year earlier, according to National Association of REALTORS®’ data.
Paul Bishop, NAR’s vice president of research, gave news that as the financial markets improve, demand for high-end homes is rising in the northeastern United States, such as in Boston and New York. Demand is also rising along the San Diego California coast and portions of the southern United States.
“There’s an added degree of confidence in the future and that prices are likely going to go up,” says Alvin Newton, with Windermere SoCal in San Diego. “There is a definite change in consumer attitude.”
Investors, looking to make a profit, are making purchases on high-end homes in many areas of the country in record numbers, with many of these speculative investors making cash-only deals.
Still, many real estate professionals report the high-end bracket could be doing even better if the inventory of homes listed for sale wasn’t so tight.
“We could have twice as many sales if we had more inventory,” Alvin Newton, with Windermere SoCal in San Diego, told local San Diego News.
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