The Newport: a closer look at our most-specified surround.

The Newport is the most-specified surround we make, and our most popular. The reason is restraint: a generous mantel shelf, tapered legs, and a clean header that frames the firebox without competing with it. There’s no extra ornament, so the proportions do the work.

The profile.

Flat panels on the legs transition into a proportioned header with a subtle shelf return. The molding is classical but not ornate, a deliberate decision that keeps the model usable across colonial revival, modern transitional, and clean European farmhouse rooms. The same surround reads three different ways depending on the wall around it.

That cross-style flexibility is why the Newport lands more often than any other model in the collection. An interior designer specifying a 1920s Tudor restoration and a builder finishing a 2025 transitional new-build often arrive at the same model.

Finish options that change the room.

The standard honed finish is the default, a restrained matte surface that holds against plaster, painted wall paneling, or shiplap. Travertine, the custom finish, gives the surround an aged texture and anchors the room toward European farmhouse. Pick from eight standard colors, or ask us to match a color you already have, like a paint chip, a hearth sample or a piece of stone; color matching is quoted with the project.

Architects working a specific palette tend to use the matching service more than the standard finish. Builders doing spec homes default to the standard finish and let the room around it carry the color narrative.

Where it lands best.

Living rooms and master bedrooms most often. Dining rooms in older homes where a fireplace is a real feature, not a decorative remnant. We’ve seen the Newport set as the architectural anchor of a room, with shelving, paneling, or stone veneer built up around it afterward. It carries that load.

Whether your fireplace is gas or wood-burning, the firebox or insert maker’s clearances and your local code decide placement. The Newport comes in three sizes, made to fit openings up to 44 x 38, 48 x 42 and 52 x 46 inches, and it’s 10 inches deep. Filler panels in the crate fill the narrow space between your firebox and the stone. If your opening is larger, or you want a different size, send us your measurements and we’ll quote it.

How it compares to the closest sibling.

The Verona is the closest model in the collection when a project asks for more presence. More ornate leg detail, a deeper header profile, and a heavier visual weight overall. Same six-week production, same finish options. The decision usually comes down to how much the surround should hold the room: the Newport recedes when the room is busy; the Verona steps forward when the wall around it is plain.

A date you can plan around.

Production takes six weeks from the day your order is placed and paid, and freight then takes 4 to 8 business days. So a builder can schedule the rough-in, the surround set and the trim around a real date, without padding the schedule.

How to specify it.

Send firebox width, firebox height, and the wall depth at the planned surround location. We confirm the standard model fits, propose a resize if it doesn’t, and quote the finish. For custom color matches, the $55 sample set ships ahead so you can confirm the finish in person before production. Production starts the day the order is placed and paid. Six weeks later the crate is on a FedEx Freight truck.