Plan the Fireplace Redesign

so this is my interpretation of our current fireplace a few things that we're not liking is right now the front is beveled it's a little dated so i think we're going to do is we're going to try to square this off next thing on the list here we're going to get rid of all of the stone that's up here and i know you guys are going to i'm going to hear in the comment section why are you going to do that but we're going to recess it out so maybe i don't know six inches or so we're going to create a platform pop it out and then all of this is going to be covered in large slate like a marble looking stone or something light like that depends what we're gonna find let's do our favorite part of the project but first let's talk about the spawns