Building Out A Fireplace Wall

This is also a budget project that you can do for just 50 and in a few hours time.

Building out a fireplace wall.

The second wall gives the fireplace dimension. Mark the dimensions of the fireplace against the wall and the footprint of the fireplace on the floor using painter s tape. Cut out wood to extend the fireplace hearth. Building a fireplace mantel is a great beginner building project that anyone can handle.

One we had wall one secured to the exterior wall we started building our second wall. The pvc pipe sticking out to the left houses all our tv cords. You ll need just a few supplies and tools to get the job done. So once the fireplace was framed out and the built in cabinetry installed we had two feet of drywall on the left side of the windows and about 6 visible on the right.

I did have to run the wood through my table saw to thin it out just a hair so that it was the same thickness as the tile. In the first house the plans didn t account for the depth of the fireplace or built ins on the fireplace wall. Hope this video helped if you too want to build a fireplace. I used 1 x 4 pine wood around the tile and mitered it in the corners.

To see our inspiration check out the blooming nest blog. Actually it s not great. It was basically a big box with studs every 16 inches on center. Store the firewood for your fireplace in one of these diy firewood racks.