Fireplace: before and almost done

Before:  It's sure hard to believe that it looked like this for so long.  I guess it used to be cool.  We had the same mauve tile around one of our fireplaces growing up.  It went with the mauve carpet.  :)

Almost Done: The granite got set on Saturday.  We just need to go pick out the tiles to go immediately around the fireplace opening and then we'll set the mantel permanently and my brother said he'd help us do the tile at the same time.  I'm so grateful that he's so handy and that he has all the tools and know-how that we'd need to do the job.