Changing a brick fireplace into a stone fireplace?

Hi there. We are interested in changing the look of our brick gas fireplace. We thought of simply painting the bricks to change the appearance, but we've decided that we want to transform it completely. That is, we want a stone fireplace. I'm hoping this is a possible task (especially with all of those faux stone products out there). I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions of what products or what company I could use in order to go forward with this project. Thanks for your time and for sharing your thoughts!

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1. you could take the brick face down , do able but not easy...and have real stone laid...or have cultured stone put right over the existing brick...
2. Stone Facing products can look incredibly good after its installed, you'd wonder why you didn't do it sooner. There are more possibilities than just "Cultured Stone brand" of it, although they have a lot of selection and are very successful and popular too. Also check some beautiful, high quality selections from Boulder Creek Stone, and Centurion Stone, and Mohawk Stone, and Eldorado Stone. http://www.bouldercreekstone.com http://www.centurionstone.com http://www.culturedstone.com http://www.eldoradostone.com The Boulder Creek website has excellent installation instructions that actually get strong installation results. Also, lately there is more availability and demand for actual real natural stone cut to thin veneers, but that will cost you close to double the cost of the other kinds.