The original gas insert was finished with a surround of black marble floor tile and a mantle tacked together out of stock trim. We found a rusty cast iron surround with an ornate screen at a salvage shop. Built out the rest with soapstone fire brick and custom built mantle. I’m not a huge fan of trying to hide a phony gas log fire but in this case it worked. When turned on all you could see were orange flames from behind the ornate iron screen.
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Original fireplace was a phony gas insert. Built out facade with soapstone brick and got a cast iron surround from a salvage shop for $250
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Mantle was built up with pieces shaped on router table. Cove cut by feeding stock through table saw blade diagonaly.
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Wish I had a better close-up pic. The salvaged cast iron surround came with a removable grill. Cleaned up the whole thing and painted it flat black with high heat paint. Hearth tile is hand painted.
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Fire tunred on with a wall switch. The ornate grill in front of the fake gas logs made the interior firebox pitch black. When lit you could only see orange flames genlty rippling.
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Mantle matched the rest of the trim in the room, but size wise the proportions were a little off.
