Limestone Fireplace Mantel

A new limestone fireplace mantel in a warm stone: toasted wheat, golden amber and aged parchment, with the outer edges left rough and rugged in contrast to the crisp floral rosettes in relief. Solid square block bases carry the legs. The surface is cool and coarse under the fingers, like dry riverbed silt, and the color is deeper than most of the limestone we handle.

It measures 71 inches wide, 11 inches deep and 62 inches high, with an opening 53 inches wide and 51 inches high, a large opening for a wide firebox. This is new stone from the European workshop that makes all of our new French mantels, and the design can be ordered to a custom opening. It ships in sections with a drawing for the mason, and the blocks are heavy; the hearth should be sized for them.

Set this limestone fireplace surround in a great room with a high ceiling, a country house, a primary suite, or a sunny dining room with hand-troweled plaster walls and walnut floors; oxidized iron around the firebox suits the golden tones. The limestone fireplace mantel is in Marina Del Rey; visit by appointment or ask for photographs and a quote.