Dated brickwork, covered in drab paint, put customer Shana into a fireplace funk.

Knocking through the brick wall gave Shana plenty of room to build an in-wall media center.

Framing the new niche with the ledgestone panels gave a beautiful contemporary look for a fraction of the cost of using real stone.

Shana Doctorman, from Oklahoma, was in a fireplace funk. The centerpiece of her living room was a classic stone brick fireplace was that both dated to look at, and an impractical waste of wall-space.

Shana had a definite idea of what she wanted to do with the fireplace – but adding a classic brick façade threatened to be too expensive and impractical to achieve with traditional building materials. Fortunately, fauxpanels.com had the answer.

Instead of refacing the existing brick, or adding a new real brick surface, Shana writes: “We used your Carlton Ledgestone Harvest panels.”

Shana knocked through the brick wall to reveal the empty fireplace space behind, and used that to build a wall niche perfectly sized to accommodate a flat screen TV and cable box. She then framed that with just a few of the Ledgestone panels – cut perfectly to size with a regular wood saw and mounted in minutes with wood screws and a power drill.

“I am thrilled with how it turned out!” Shanna attached before, during and after pictures and you can see for yourself how great the remodel looks. What was even better was that the entire project cost a fraction of what a professional remodel with brick and mortar would have done – and, arguably, looks every bit as good.

If you have a similar story to share, be sure to let us know. We’re always excited to see how our customers make use of our faux stone panels, and would love to feature them here. Email your stories and pictures to info@fauxpanels.com.

Birmingham Panels

We’ve just recently added a new line of faux panels called Birmingham panels. These great new panels come in two realistic styles, Ledgestone and Random Rock.

Birmingham Panels also come in a choice of three eye popping such, River Ridge, Desert Blend, and Stormy Sky.

With a smaller overall size than most of our panels, Birmingham offers some advantages.

Check out our photo gallery for some ideas:

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Ledgestone Desert Blend	Random Rock River Ridge	Random Rock Stormy Sky