We used this material for the bottom (sitting area) of our fireplace. We LOVE the look. We cut the material with a circular saw (electric). I guess our only recommendation is to send the blocks in rectangle shape instead of the tetris shape since we had to cut the edges. Other than that, once we had the shape figured it out, it was just a matter of unpeel and paste!!! And the material not only seems real, you can actually tell it is real stone.