Thanks!
It took me a year to finish it, so I only really see the transformation when I look at the pictures.
The mantle and hearth are bluestone, easy to come by around here. After I sand blasted the granite, I chipped the pointing out, back to the mortar. It was interesting to find folded up wedges of old newspaper, in German script from the 1930's, wedged in to hold the stones in place while the mortar set. This was a predominantly Pennsylvania German area up through the 1970's, when the small farms staring closing down and folks "from away" started moving in to new subdivisions.
The chimney wasn't heat-tight (didn't have a cap on it until we bought the house), so we installed a liner, then had insulation blown around it. Since the chimney goes up the center of the house, it stays warm and draws very well. My only regret was that we should have gone with a somewhat larger stove. It's perfect for temps into the 20's, but below that we're running it too wide open and that isn't very efficient. We'll probably replace it over the summer with another Jotul.