During this Phoenix tile installation for Doug and Lucia, I tiled around their fireplace with a combination of Saltillo and Porcelain Tiles to give this fireplace a southwestern look.
The trick to this Saltillo Tile Fireplace was getting the Saltillo Tiles to stay attached to the wall vertically while the grout dried, as well as making the tile cuts so I had an even amount of similar sized tiles around the fireplace opening. This really came out nice!