DIY Shiplap Electric Fireplace

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When moving into our new cookie cutter builder grade home I knew I had to have a fireplace. I wasn’t willing to pay for the gas fireplace the builders offered because it wasn’t what I envisioned.

From the time we signed the contract to build this house I knew we were going to build one ourselves!

Today, I’m going to give a run down on the how-to build an electric fireplace.

Materials List

– Tongue and Groove Shiplap – 2 in x 4 in x 10 ft (framing) – 2 in x 4 in x 8 ft (framing) – 1 in x 4 in x 8 ft mdf (trim pieces) – Lattice trim moulding

To begin we moved everything out and away from the wall and measured in between our two windows to find our center point. From there you want to mark out either with tape or a pencil where you are placing your fireplace.

DIY Electric Fireplace Tutorial

To start off we knew we wanted an outlet behind the frame so we didn’t have to complicate the build by making a cutout for cords. We marked our studs so we knew where to drill for the frame so it would be secure.

Instead of taking the whole baseboard off we just used our oscillating tool and cut a spot for the 2×4 to fit into.

Next step was to build our frame! We chose to use pocket holes with our Kreg Jig for assembling the actual frame.

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