Though working with rock, stone and brick presents its challenges, combined in a thoughtful way, they can form a fireplace, a pathway, a patio or stone wall that can last for generations.

A well-built and well-maintained stone or brick fireplace can last a lifetime. They can have an open or closed hearth. Open-hearth fireplaces are more for aesthetics nowadays and should not be ...

DALLAS — Why did Frida Kahlo paint? It almost feels impertinent to ask. The more polite approach, I suppose, would be to limit ourselves to parsing the significance of what she did paint.

each with a wood-burning stone fireplace. Off the dining room is a spacious kitchen and a powder room. The kitchen is outfitted with marble countertops, hand-painted custom wood cabinets and high ...

Norman Lewis' painting on the chimney inside ... by stabilizing a portion of the structure. Stone mason Conrad Languth carves a column into the fireplace, beneath where the Norman Lewis mural ...