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If you made this firplace from scratch - I'd love to know the materials you used.   Your stone and mortar work is works so well with the brick work.  

My Garfield dollhouse kit came with 2 very plain fireplaces which I knew I needed to change if I was going to use them.   I did punch the pieces out and looked at them.  I used them as a base structure with 2 sides, a mantel and a curved front opening but that's when I began to change everything.   The 1st fireplace which is in an earlier gallery photo I stained and then added some ornate beads and wood to create a much more ornate Victorian fireplace.   For the brick back and front I took a thin piece of basswood and cut it to fit the back which was open and then I measured where the sides would meet the back.   Then I started glueing on the mini bricks and mortared everything and then I glued the back to the rest of the fireplace.   By adding some black charcoal and smudging it it gave the appearance that the fireplace was used.

For the 2nd fireplace which I wanted to make as a stone fireplace I basically glued the pieces together as above and then began glueing on small stones on the exterior.   I found the stones in a bag at a craft store in the floral section.   Once the stones were on then I mortared it and made the brick back.   I think it would be fairly easy to construct your own fireplace using scrap wood like basswood or pine to the size of the fireplace you need and then adding to the wood base as you wish.   It really changed the look of the 2 fireplaces into something more inviting.   I also made the fire screen that you see in this photo and plan to make another one for the downstairs fireplace.   Hope this helps and gives you some ideas.

Thanks!  Oh, I've found the black cream shoe polish is a good "smudging" medium too.

Great idea for black shoe polish.   Since I have so many art supplies in my real life studio I still have charcoal but using shoe polish may be less messy.