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Fireplace surround makeover with AirStone

Today I have a new, and really awesome, product to show you.



I first saw AirStone on the DIY Network’s “I want that” show, and then I was ecstatic when they emailed me and asked me if I wanted to review the product.  Last year I made over my brick fireplace by staining the brick, but I love the look of stone and knew it would look great in our living room.  AirStone has 2 colors to choose from and I chose the gray color because I thought it would match our living room perfectly!

It was simple figuring out how much product we needed, using their online calculator.  There are 3 different types of stones, to give you the most natural look possible.

My husband wanted to even out the brick to make it a more level surface, so to start the process, he added a layer of mortar on top of the existing brick. {This is not a required step to install AirStone}.

Once the mortar was dry we started adding the AirStone pieces.  The “stones” were so easy to apply, all we had to do was add a layer of the AirStone adhesive to the stones and then stick them on the fireplace.  We started with the front of the hearth and then worked our way up and back, then we covered the sides of the fireplace.

AirStone is a fabricated stone and it’s really easy to make cuts using just a hacksaw but because of the age, and abnormal size of our hearth, we had to make a lot of cuts so we ended up using our table saw.  The process was simple and quick, it only took us about 4 1/2 hours to complete the whole project and totally transform our fireplace!


I can’t believe the transformation!  It looks so much more modern and fits our style so much better!!!

 

The best part about this project was how affordable it was!  The entire project cost about $200.00 and we have left over stones and adhesive, enough to do another small project.

What do you think of the transformation?  Have you been wanting to do some stonework but can’t afford the high cost of real stone?  AirStone is a great product for a fraction of the price, I’ve already talked 2 friends into making over their fireplaces but just telling them how affordable AirStone is!

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Comments

  1. Jenny@EvolutionofStyle says

    January 23, 2013 at 4:53 am

    Nice job! I am working on a fireplace makeover myself with Airstone, and am so happy that I discovered this product! Of course, the rest of the project is taking MUCH longer, but I’ll get there. Eventually. 🙂

    • Donnie Woods says

      July 19, 2019 at 5:53 am

      Hi Anna, I love the style that u have and I wanted to know the name again. I am just getting my house a make over due to flooding so I would love to try AirStone. I love the gray look because our walls are gray.

      • Anna says

        July 27, 2019 at 4:38 pm

        The only options were gray or tan and we bought the gray. We don’t live in this house anymore but some friends of ours do and even after all these years the stones have held up and look the same as when we first installed it! It really is a great product. 🙂

  2. Diana L says

    January 23, 2013 at 7:32 am

    I’d love to transform our fireplace at home too!

  3. KatieQ says

    January 23, 2013 at 7:38 am

    We have a wood burning stove in a corner of our family room. The dark brick sucks all of the light out of that corner and makes the room very unbalanced. Airstone looks like the perfect solution,

  4. Kelsey Apley says

    January 23, 2013 at 7:49 am

    That LOOKS Ahhh—Mazzzeeee-iiinnngggg!!!

    • Anna says

      January 23, 2013 at 8:01 am

      Haha, thank you Kelsey!

  5. Kim M says

    January 23, 2013 at 7:53 am

    This is beautiful! We have been wanting to redo our fireplace!

  6. Nikki C says

    January 23, 2013 at 7:57 am

    I would love to win this! My parents are redoing a lakehouse so I would give it to them.

  7. Becky Glover says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:01 am

    I have a very ugly fireplace that the previous owners tiled with white tile. I have been wanting to get rock and redo it, but this would be even better. I love the look of the Airstone and think this would look PERFECT in our living room!

  8. Karen says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:03 am

    Oh my word! I would love to win the AirStone giveaway. Our Family Room is stuck in the 70’s and this would totally update the space!

  9. tammy says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:22 am

    Just the thing I was looking for!! We are finally getting around to fixing up the living room/basement of the house we moved into a year ago and the fireplace is hideous! Previous owners painted the brick a horrible terracotta color – looks plastic! Just plain yucky! This would make it look fresh and modern! Great product and looks easy to use!!! Thanks!

  10. Becky S. says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:31 am

    This is beautiful, I would love this behind our woodstove.

  11. Amy McDonald says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:35 am

    I have a fireplace that I would love to update. We have high ceilings so we can take it all the way up the wall.

  12. Crystal H says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:44 am

    It looks great Anna!

    • Meme says

      March 7, 2021 at 12:51 pm

      Can you use over marble?

      • Anna says

        March 11, 2021 at 1:46 pm

        I’m not sure. I would contact the manufacturer to ask them, but I don’t know why it shouldn’t work. 😉

  13. Crystal says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:44 am

    Your fireplace looks amazing!! I love the stone. We don’t have a fireplace…doesn’t really get cold in Texas. Great job!!

    • Brad says

      February 1, 2013 at 6:47 am

      Hey Crystal!
      Check out our website at http://airstone.com/blog. You’ll be surprised to see how many projects AirStone can be used for!

      Thanks!
      Brad
      Airstone

  14. Shannon Grundy says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:53 am

    I have 2 fireplaces that I would love to cover in stone. They are original to our 1969 home and i have painted them, but have never been pleased with the look. I saw these at Lowes and thought it sounded awesome.

  15. Nydia F says

    January 23, 2013 at 9:00 am

    I would love to try this!

  16. Clarissa says

    January 23, 2013 at 9:06 am

    Definitely my fireplace, we have been back and forth on what to do with it and I think this would look great!

  17. TracieMcOB says

    January 23, 2013 at 9:23 am

    What a great idea! I have brick on my fireplace in my family room, similar to yours. I thought of painting it, but this would be a much better deal. Thank you.

  18. Beth says

    January 23, 2013 at 9:42 am

    I would love to use these on the front of my house! We put up new siding and have been looking for just the right product, that we could do ourselves, to cover over the ugly red brick. I think this is it! Even if I don’t win the gift card, which I would love, I still feel like I won finding out about this product!

  19. Shona says

    January 23, 2013 at 9:53 am

    I LOVE this stuff! We just saw it for the first time in Lowe’s a few days ago. We would love to give our bedroom fireplace a makeover!

  20. Cara says

    January 23, 2013 at 9:53 am

    This is such a cool product! I would love to do our fireplace in this stone, it’s so ugly right now!

  21. Julie Hesler says

    January 23, 2013 at 10:23 am

    I have the world’s ugliest fireplace surround (white ceramic tile with what used to be white grout) with a mantle that’s the wrong size/proportion to the legs. I was just thinking about how to make it go away the other day. What a timely post! I LOVE this!

  22. ruba says

    January 23, 2013 at 10:33 am

    This looks amazing! Wish i could do this at home

  23. Leslie Loizzo says

    January 23, 2013 at 10:36 am

    Wow, the color is great it makes the black fireplace pop. Love the shelf adds interest

  24. Joann says

    January 23, 2013 at 10:38 am

    My husband and I were just talking about how to lighten our red brick fireplace. What a timely giveaway, indeed!

  25. emily woods says

    January 23, 2013 at 10:48 am

    I would love to transform my purple brick fireplace into something a little more visually appealing!

  26. Cathrynj says

    January 23, 2013 at 11:00 am

    This is the type of stone me and my husband hoped to use on our bland builder fireplace that only has a drywall mantle. It looks great!

  27. April V says

    January 23, 2013 at 11:06 am

    I would make over our fireplace! I love this!

  28. April V says

    January 23, 2013 at 11:07 am

    I would choose the Autumn Mountain!

  29. Katie says

    January 23, 2013 at 11:08 am

    I would either make over the stand our corn burner is on or a wall in my kitchen. I live the redo and your mantle!

  30. Mary R. says

    January 23, 2013 at 11:36 am

    Just saw this product at Lowe’s. We have a light color brick fireplace from the 70’s. Looking to cover it with this great product! Thanks for sharing…

  31. Melissa says

    January 23, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    Your fireplace looks amazing! Travis and I have despised our fireplace from the moment we bought the house. We were just talking about redoing it. Your blog has been giving us all sorts of ideas this month, keep them coming!!

    • Anna says

      January 23, 2013 at 1:55 pm

      Woo-hoo!! I love hearing that. 🙂 What did you decide about the closets?

  32. Anne Marie says

    January 23, 2013 at 12:29 pm

    What a great product – would love to give it a try.

  33. Juliette says

    January 23, 2013 at 1:50 pm

    Anna,
    Wow, what a beautiful transformation. Our house sure could use an update too! :0) Great job.

    Juliette

  34. Amanda Sakovitz says

    January 23, 2013 at 1:54 pm

    I would transform my living room. My fireplace needs a complete update!

  35. Sara T says

    January 23, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    I truly LOATHE our cement fireplace surround that someone painted white (and didn’t do a very good job of that either). DH & I would love to try out the AirStone, we were actually just looking at it in our local Lowe’s but put it on hold due to all the other expenses we have around the holidays. We’ve got an odd shaped surround too, but it looks like this stuff will work! I’s love o take it al lthe way up tp the ceiling…current fireplace ends at the mantle.

  36. Ellen B says

    January 23, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    not sure – hubby would have to decide – he loves projects

    • Bridget says

      January 23, 2013 at 3:51 pm

      I would love to use this on our orange brick fireplace with a weird marblelish hearth. I would choose the grey color as all of the furniture is gray toned.

  37. Thomas Murphy says

    January 23, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    I would transform my fireplace

  38. Lori A says

    January 23, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    Woot! Love this! My fireplace is in desperate need of attention, so this would be awesome. Thank you!

  39. Bonnie @ Uncommon says

    January 23, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    Now THAT is a fantastic transformation! I know you are going to love hanging out around your new fireplace! Looks amazing Anna!!

  40. Christina says

    January 23, 2013 at 5:06 pm

    Excited to give my fireplace a new look!

  41. Mary Hall says

    January 23, 2013 at 5:29 pm

    I’ve seen this stuff at my local Lowe’s and have DROOLED over it! I love the way your fireplace surround turned out! It looks fabulous.

  42. Anna says

    January 23, 2013 at 5:37 pm

    Thank you so much for introducing me to this! I am totally doing this to my fireplace!

  43. Kristin C. says

    January 23, 2013 at 5:58 pm

    This looks awesome! I think I’d love to try it on a wall! Would be very pretty as an accent wall. If that wouldn’t work, I’d give it to my mother-in-law who has a fireplace.

    • Anna says

      January 23, 2013 at 8:36 pm

      I would totally work on a wall! You can see some examples here: http://airstone.com/blog/

  44. Annie says

    January 23, 2013 at 7:17 pm

    My husband and I are contemplating getting a fireplace, and we’d LOVE to have this kind of rock surrounding it. It would be amazing to get this stuff. It would fit in so nicely in our home.

  45. Melissa says

    January 23, 2013 at 7:48 pm

    I’ve wanted to redo our fireplace for years. My husband has vetoed every idea, but when I forwarded him this one, he started asking where we could get the product! 🙂

    • Anna says

      January 23, 2013 at 8:35 pm

      Yay!! That’s great news! P.S. You can get it at Lowes. 🙂

  46. dawn says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:09 pm

    I’d love to transform my fireplace!

  47. Kelly says

    January 23, 2013 at 8:33 pm

    Your fireplace looks amazing. I would redo our fireplace!

  48. Cathy Barrows says

    January 23, 2013 at 9:18 pm

    I have so been wanting to try these AirStones. I haven’t investigated enough yet to know if you can use them outside, but either indoors or out I have projects just waiting for me to win.

    • Anna says

      January 23, 2013 at 9:20 pm

      Yes, you CAN use them outside!!!

      • Brad says

        February 1, 2013 at 6:53 am

        Indeed you can! There are a few differences in installation, but we have very easy instructions for outdoor installation! Give us a shout if you need help or have questions: http://airstone.com/contact-us/

  49. Suzanne S. says

    January 23, 2013 at 10:36 pm

    Your fireplace looks so good! I would love to re-do my fireplace. thank you!

  50. JJ says

    January 23, 2013 at 11:08 pm

    Really nice product that can help transform a room! Love the gray!

  51. Tonja M says

    January 24, 2013 at 8:16 am

    I want to move our mailbox and put stone around it…..I would LOVE to use this for that!!!

  52. Alisha says

    January 24, 2013 at 8:40 am

    I would love to do our fireplace too!!

  53. Stacey says

    January 24, 2013 at 10:03 am

    I would transform the stairs and path in front of our house

  54. Randi - Dukes and Duchesses says

    January 24, 2013 at 11:03 am

    Love that … I’m so intrigued by it. I’d redo my fireplace as well!

  55. shawn B! says

    January 24, 2013 at 11:45 am

    would help a good friend with her fireplace – looks like the one in the blog on their site!

  56. Hope says

    January 24, 2013 at 7:01 pm

    I don’t have a fireplace yet, but would love to install one and use this product

  57. Kimberly @ A Night Owl says

    January 24, 2013 at 7:36 pm

    Turned out amazing! I love the look!

  58. Meg says

    January 24, 2013 at 11:14 pm

    Love it! Can you use it outdoors? I’d love to do this when we move into our new house.

    • Anna says

      January 25, 2013 at 7:34 am

      Yep! It’s made for indoor and outdoor!

    • Brad says

      February 1, 2013 at 8:30 am

      There are a few differences in installation, but we have very easy instructions for outdoor installation! Give us a shout if you need help or have questions: http://airstone.com/contact-us/

  59. Laura Butler says

    January 25, 2013 at 9:24 am

    Looks great! I’d love to transform some brick columns.

  60. kelly says

    January 25, 2013 at 9:54 am

    Hi Anna! I found your post on Jennifer Carroll’s FB page…neat blog! Would love to make-over our standard-issue builder FP with Air Stone!

  61. ellen casper says

    January 25, 2013 at 2:37 pm

    my fireplace

  62. MichelleO says

    January 25, 2013 at 4:42 pm

    I love it! Great job! We have a fireplace that spans the entire wall so it would be quite the statement with this product.

  63. Heather says

    January 26, 2013 at 12:02 am

    I would love to use this for our fireplace. It would look so great!

  64. Joyce M says

    January 26, 2013 at 3:23 pm

    I would transform my parents’ fireplace.

  65. Trish says

    January 26, 2013 at 6:32 pm

    I have actually bought some of the Autumn Mountain to do the kitchen backsplash!! It seems like it is going to be very pretty…But I do have other projects I could use some for!

  66. jennie says

    January 27, 2013 at 5:12 am

    My hubby is wanting to put a nice gas fireplace in our home and I love this one, sharing it with him. Be great to win some stone to help with the cost.

  67. Alicia says

    January 27, 2013 at 10:54 am

    I would update our fire place surround and maybe our kitchen backsplash!

  68. Stefanie Gladden ( Ann Lyfe ) says

    January 27, 2013 at 1:19 pm

    I would transform my fireplace in my living room!

  69. Andrea says

    January 27, 2013 at 5:26 pm

    This will cover our red bricks on the living room fireplace if we win! If we don’t I may try staining them…

  70. Erin Miller says

    January 27, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    I would like to do a vent hood cover.

  71. Kruti says

    January 28, 2013 at 12:14 am

    I would love to transform our bar area. I have been looking at airstone for a while now and have loved all the transformations I have been seeing online.

  72. Kate says

    January 28, 2013 at 5:32 am

    I’d love to cover the wall behind my woodstove. Looks great!

  73. Heather S. says

    January 28, 2013 at 6:45 am

    I’ve been wanting to add stone to our fireplace so I am excited to see an easy DIY project like this!

  74. Crystal says

    January 28, 2013 at 7:14 am

    Maybe the fireplace, not too sure yet.

  75. Lauren says

    January 28, 2013 at 7:50 am

    I would love to redo our brick fireplace with air stone. We were thinking we’d start with whitewashed paint, but I’d much rather have a stone look! It’s on my to do list for March…

  76. KateL says

    January 28, 2013 at 11:40 am

    What a great option that I never thought of to use for a fireplace.

  77. Becky Glover says

    January 28, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    Everytime I see this I love it more! I really, really could use this in my home!

  78. Emily says

    January 29, 2013 at 7:04 am

    I would add the Airstone to make an accent wall as we do not have a fireplace.

  79. Amy H says

    January 29, 2013 at 5:16 pm

    I have been eyeing AirStone at Lowe’s to redo our fireplace. This would be a helpful start!

  80. Jacque says

    January 29, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    I would love to update our fireplace, it’s a sad builders special!

  81. Denice says

    January 29, 2013 at 8:05 pm

    We are getting a new (to us) house with a corner woodstove in the living room-yuck. It has nothing behind it but sheetrock walls. These stones would make it look beautiful!!

  82. Juliette says

    January 30, 2013 at 1:37 pm

    Wow Anna! this looks amazing. I had to do a double take because I was like, “that’s not Anna’s house!” It looks perfect in your home – I love the gray stones! I don’t have a fireplace or I’d be all over this!!

  83. Pearl says

    January 30, 2013 at 1:45 pm

    Your fireplace looks amazing!!!

    • Anna says

      January 31, 2013 at 7:56 am

      Thank you Pearl! 🙂

  84. Katie says

    January 30, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    I just learned about these stones today and wanted to try them on my fireplace! I love the inspiration you’ve given me to give it a try!

  85. Kathy says

    January 30, 2013 at 6:54 pm

    It looks very nice!

  86. chrissy says

    February 2, 2013 at 7:18 am

    I would love to win this! Your project tuned out just lovely!

  87. Toni says

    August 8, 2013 at 1:13 pm

    You found a product you saw on I Want That. I’m trying to find the peel and stick stone that was on an episode on August 7, 2013 and can’t find it anywhere on their website.
    I find the website not very easy to find info about products seen on the tv show.
    Do you have any suggestions? Thanks so much for any help you can give

    • Anna says

      August 8, 2013 at 1:53 pm

      I’ve actually never looked at their website, sorry. I just watched the show and then contacted the company directly. Do you remember the products name?

  88. Carlene says

    January 7, 2014 at 12:35 pm

    Hi Anna,

    Love the look of the Airstone on your fireplace. Have the veneers held up pretty well on the hearth? I wasn’t sure if they could be applied to a horizontal surface.

    Thanks!

    • Anna says

      January 7, 2014 at 2:15 pm

      Yes, it has held up great! We love it and it completely transformed our living room!

  89. Sheila McAllister says

    November 7, 2015 at 6:03 am

    I was wondering about your hearth. It says on the Air Stone website not to use it on a hearth and I couldn’t find any pictures that showed a hearth. Is it safe to use that way? I have a large fireplace that has a large hearth and was wanting to cover it all with Air Stone.

    • Bethany Davis says

      November 12, 2015 at 11:54 pm

      Hi, Sheila. I’m Anna’s assistant, Bethany. At the time that Anna had written this post, Air Stone had not said anything about not using it on a hearth. You may want to e-mail Air Stone directly and see if it is okay, or link them back to this blog post and find out why it’s not recommended now. Hope they can help! 🙂

  90. Amy Baughman says

    April 27, 2016 at 4:21 am

    Hi Anna,

    I just finished reading your article about AirStone. What kind of blade did you use when you used your table saw to cut the AirStone?

    Thank you!

    • Anna says

      April 27, 2016 at 8:07 am

      Honestly, it has been so long that I don’t even remember. I would tell the people at the hardware store what you’re doing and ask them what the best blade would be.

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