I'm one of those kind of people who likes to make things herself. I own so many 'do it yourself' books, I hardly have room for them anymore. I wanted very badly to build my fireplace, and decided I would do just that. How hard can it be to learn how to build your own fireplace? I would soon learn the hard way that it was, well, hard.

I tried doing my research, only to find out that I didn't understand half of the terminology. What exactly is a 2x4, and who knows what mortar is? Well that wasn't a big deal, as I harassed the guys at the local hardware store into explaining things to me.

Unfortunately, I was going to have a party within the week I planned to have the fireplace completed. As a matter of fact, I was following a book entitled, "Build Your Own Fireplace in a Week." Great. So I had dried mortal on my hardwood floors, stone pieces scattered all over the plaqce, and some kind of large box I had tried to build.

There it was all in the middle of my den floor, and the job was even halfway finished. I couldn't get all the stones to fit together perfectly, so I had to keep cutting and re-cutting them. This called for action! This is how I got my new fireplace.So, here is how I got my new fireplace!

I found the perfect one that I wanted, used my credit card, and had it installed within three hours from the time they arrived to do it! So, are you itching to build your own fireplace? Good luck to you. If you want to stay sane, I suggest buying your fireplace from the professionals instead!