How to add wood burning fireplace to existing home

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This is about what it would look like. Click to enlarge.

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I think that looks right smart! It matches the scale of the room. I might, if I wanted to make some changes, would redo the To be honest a huge fireplace that gets used that has no fire 70% or more of the time just can be an eyesore.