I just don't understand this - they removed a fireplace which adds resale value to a home (sometimes a significant amount) and replaces it with frickin plywood. Not including the fact that at least around here, marble goes for a premium and plywood is well plywood. I don't know why they didn't just look for a really good insert to offset the grandma look. Seriously, a 10 minute google search for "Refinishing Marble fireplaces" has given more ideas that look significantly more modern then this travesty.

I like that the cables are hidden and the LED lighting is neat, but I don't understand why you would take down that beautiful fireplace and replace it with something unfinished.

Are you going to paint the plywood? I don't get it. If you move will you leave behind the plywood to cover the unfinished mess on the wall? What will you tell prospective buyers? Will you replace the fireplace?

Or are you going to replace the plywood with a well finished wood piece in the future and you just wanted to try out the design? That makes sense to me. But plywood. I dunno....we use plywood for some of our designs, and especially when we're out to save a buck, but not spotlight furniture.

Anyway, I guess if you really love it that's what matters. Maybe I'm too old to understand it.

Find the studs using a stud finder, get a piece of thick wood and use that as the mounting for the BESTA. It’s not going to be flush but it’s better than fucking up your drywall in a rental