Fireplaces, Hearths, and Surrounds

Fireplaces are often the focal point of a room, sometimes the entire house. There are endless possibilities to showcase a fireplace surround, hearth, and mantle. Whether it's modifying an existing fireplace or starting from a blank firebox, Concrete Studio can make whatever you envision come to life.  We’re specialists in the full range of possible materials: concrete, metal, wood, and virtually anything else you may prefer. And our fabrications include exterior fireplaces and fire pits as well. Of course we’re happy to offer design suggestions or provide complete design plans.

A board-form concrete fireplace that highlights the details of the wood used in the forming process. The metal panels of the larger surround provide the perfect complement of material, texture, and color.

A contemporary fireplace surround, concrete block style. A simple yet very effective way to make your fireplace stand out.

This white block design, prefabricated and installed over an existing firebox, features notched header and legs.

This custom ‘natural’ fire pit is the star of this backyard landscape design. The large square shape, bordered with contrasting-colored river rock, is the clear focus of the larger rectilinear layout.

A great way to update a room without major cost and demolition is to use the existing fireplace as a support structure for a polymer-based overlay. A new, updated look, in any texture, color, or finish. And (almost) immediate gratification.

This impressive floor-to-ceiling brick corner fireplace needed only the final touch of a floating hearth to update and complete the look. Like the above example, this treatment requires no demolition to bring out the best of the existing design.

This prefabricated cast concrete surround is installed in a Dallas high-rise residence. The matching hearth was poured-in-place, flush with the adjacent hardwood flooring.

A ‘curved’ version of the above fireplace, installed in the same residence.

Another former brick hearth, now wrapped in wood and set with a new concrete top.

Here’s a basic block-configuration surround in a chocolate brown. The base color was a pigment mixed in during the fabrication, with a black accent color rubbed in afterward for toning.

A different take on the block configuration, with the solidity of the shortened hearth width giving this makeover a distinctive look.

Metal cladding or panels are a striking design option. This impressive contemporary floor-to-ceiling surround is fabricated from hot-rolled steel panels with a protective and decorative lacquer finish.