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Hi I'm originally from Phx and my dad is a master stone mason. If I were you I would veneer this fireplace. The block that was used is nothing special. You can veneer with stone, brick or stucco. Personally I like the stucco style for an AZ home, but I would round out the corners a little bit. If you went with brick, you could used a cheap small brick and paint the bricks. I was just in Philly where an artist did this to her million year old fireplace and it lookedj great. Stone would be nice too. But don't pick those spikey stones. Smaller river stones are cool or you could go the cultured stone route which isn't my favorite but looks okay. This all depends on what aesthetic you're going for. Also why don't you have a gas insert installed so you can actually use the fire place? That's what a fireplace is for afterall.

I lived in a beautiful early 20th century apartment in Lower Queen Anne, Seattle. It was a corner apartment so I had windows on two sides. One of the windows perfectly framed the Space Needle which was gorgeous at night. Hardwood floors, built in kitchen nook table, radiators, french doors. It was small but wonderful...and only 350 a month in 1989.