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By Maryann @ Domestically Speaking 13 Comments

Gorgeous DIY Faux Stone Fireplace Makeover

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A big thanks to AirStone for partnering with Domestically Speaking on our fireplace!  What a transformation!  We recently made a big update in our family room with a gorgeous DIY faux stone fireplace makeover.  It’s amazing what a change this has made to our family room.  It feels cozier.  It looks amazing.  And it was an easy DIY project that you could tackle.

Faux stone above a fall mantel.

DIY Faux Stone Fireplace

We installed the AirStone from floor to ceiling in our fireplace transformation.  Airstone offers 3 color combos, we selected Birch Bluff.  I loved it because it fit perfectly in our home’s color palette. It has browns, grays and white tones.

Beautiful faux stone in gorgeous grays, warm browns, and creamy whites.

AirStone also has Autumn Mountain which has beautiful, warm brown tones and they offer Spring Creek which has a variety of gorgeous grays.

Putting the faux stone around the fireplace.

So let’s get into the install-info!

Faux Stone Fireplace DIY

In the photo above you can see on the far left side their finished edge stone.  This makes finishing off an edge super easy.  It also comes with a matching piece that you can create a corner edge with.

So you have regular pieces and you have finished edge pieces.  They come in various lengths and they come in two different heights – 2 inches and 4 inches.  Airstone is made from 70% recycled material which helps to keep the product light yet it’s super durable.

There are various ways you can cut Airstone.  We had our wet saw out from doing our backsplash, so we used that during our install process.  You can use a hack saw though… so super user-friendly!

Airstone has an adhesive for indoor installation.  All you need is a putty knife to spread it on.  You want to spread it on like frosting!

Adding the adhesive to the back of the faux stone.

We started on the bottom left corner and started working our way up to the top of the fireplace opening.  Making sure to mix up the sizes and vary the colors as we went gave us the look we wanted.

Holding up the faux stone while it dried over the fireplace opening.

Once we finished the left side to the fireplace opening, I worked on the right side.  When we went across the top of the fireplace opening we used a level to pencil a line at the bottom of where the stone needed to sit.  We used various boards to help keep them stabilized until the stone dried for a couple of hours.

Faux Stone Fireplace with Rustic Wood Mantel

We kept working our way up until we reached the ceiling.  This DIY project took us about a week, spending a couple of hours on it each day.  This is definitely a doable DIY project for a beginner!!!  Airstone has great videos on their site to help you work through all the steps of this faux stone veneer fireplace.

Close-up on the details with the faux stone fireplace.

Look at the textures and the variety of colors!  It really does look and feel like real stone!

Faux stone and wood mantel with fall decor

Here it is with our fireplace all decked out for fall. We absolutely love how the faux stacked stone fireplace turned out. The variation of colors perfectly blend in our home. We love the texture and warmth it brings to our family room and we LOVED how easy it was to install.  So if you’re thinking about making over your fireplace I highly recommend you checking out AirStone.

We also built a Rustic Fireplace Mantel which perfectly compliments our DIY Faux Stone Fireplace.

AirStone Fireplace Makeover | DIY Faux Stone Fireplace | Fireplace makeover tutorial

13 Comments Filed Under: decorating, diy Tagged With: fireplace, stone

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  1. Shelly MacD says

    September 2, 2019 at 3:41 am

    Did you install the mantle over the air stone or place the mantle and put the air stone around it?
    Thank you

    Reply
    • Maryann @ Domestically Speaking says

      September 2, 2019 at 9:12 am

      Hi Shelly,

      We put up the 2×4 mounts before the stone, and then slide the mantel on top. You can see some photos in my mantel post here: https://www.domestically-speaking.com/rustic-fireplace-mantel/

      Reply
  2. Terri Herman says

    August 26, 2019 at 4:01 am

    What a difference! Great job! We also did a fp makeover about 2 years ago. Know y’all will enjoy!

    Reply
  3. Jacinta says

    April 16, 2019 at 10:51 am

    Can this be used on a wood burning fireplace

    Reply
  4. Granite Depot says

    December 13, 2017 at 10:32 am

    Beautiful stones. Perfectly fitted.

    Reply
  5. laura says

    October 6, 2017 at 6:19 am

    Hi MaryAnn this looks great! What was the price point per box? I love the ease of this! It looks great! laura

    Reply
    • Maryann @ Domestically Speaking says

      October 6, 2017 at 8:27 am

      Hi Laura! Thank you – we love it! Boxes are in the $60 range and we used about 5 1/2 boxes for our fireplace area. The space is about 6 feet wide and 9 feet high.

      Reply
      • Sara says

        May 20, 2020 at 1:33 pm

        This is the size of our area as well. How many corner/edge boxes did you need?

        Reply
  6. holly says

    October 6, 2017 at 6:00 am

    Beautiful color you chose!

    Reply
    • Maryann @ Domestically Speaking says

      October 6, 2017 at 8:27 am

      Thank Holly!

      Reply

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