Fireplace weather is fast approaching. A fire in the hearth is a good way to add cozy warmth to your home, but if starting a fire in the fireplace seems like such a hassle that you only do it once ...

I’ve since removed the raised hearth and we’re putting down ceramic tile. The trouble is there’s now a recess in the floor where the hearth was. How do I build it up to install the tile?

Photo/Tim CarterThis roughed-in concrete hearth is ready for some thin slate or tile. Q. I have an existing concrete fireplace hearth. Is it possible to cover it with slate? If so, is that a ...

The dining-room hearth stretches 30 feet high from the main floor to a terrace level, where you can see for miles out the picture windows.