Help me come up with some ideas for updating a weird gas fireplace

[CraigT]

What this fireplace kinda looks like is a three sided fireplace with one side sealed up with bricks.

I'd kinda like to put up mesh and a scratch coat over the entire exterior and then tile, but those angle irons and support columns might present a problem.

Could I encase the columns with cement board to square them off and then tile?

Thanks, Craig

__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4916 (20100304) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

[hrhofmann]

ure database 4916 (20100304) __________

Can't access the pics

[hrhofmann]

ature database 4916 (20100304) __________

Oops - now I got them - You have a real mess there. How about tearing out the bricks and starting over? Or, maybe covering the bricks with some type of tilee?