Most of the inside hearth is cinder block and cement wrapped in the same German tile as the fireplace wall. The exterior hearth will be the same thing wrapped in the same stone as the house. The top of both hearths is a very fossilly two-inch thick limestone.
Jaime determined that the blocks were too big to be esthetic as they arrived from the quarry. My job today is to pick the parts of the blocks with the most fossils. Stella helped.
Jaime and crew will cut them to my markings and position them on top of the cinder blocks. This is a lot of physical work—for Jaime’s crew, not me—and I don’t begrudge them a dime of what I’m paying them. Their artisanship and sheer talent will make this house much more beautiful than I ever imagined.
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