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I am one of those independent 'do it yourself' kind of people. I have so many DIY books, I almost don't have any room for them any longer. I wanted to build my own fireplace badly, and I decided that was just what I would do. 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." Okay, there were stone pieces all over the floor, mortar dried on my hardwood floors, and some sort of large box I had tried to construct.

This mess was all in the middle of my den floor. I wasn't even halfway through. 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 decided on the perfect fireplace I wanted and let them swipe my credit card. They came to my house and had it installed within three hours! Do you want to build your own fireplace? Good luck! Skip the building and leave it to the professionals if you want to keep your sanity.