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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. Since I badly wanted to build by own fireplace, I decided to do simply that. 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 reading up on it, only to learn that I didn't know half of the terminology they used. What's a 2x3 anyway, and does anyone know what mortar is? That wasn't a big deal, though. I could always harass the guys at the local hardware store until they explained things to me.

However, I had a party within the next week and wanted the fireplace done. In fact, the book I was reading was called, "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 found the perfect fireplace I liked, swiped my credit card, and had the thing installed in my house in just three hours from the time they came by to do it! 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.