LOVE WHAT YOU DO MANTLE !!!

THIS PIECE WAS ACTUALLY GIVIN' TO ME AS THE

PERSON WAS MOVING AND SHE HAD NEVER DONE ANYTHING WITH IT AND COULD'NT TAKE IT WITH HER.

ITS A VERY OLD MANTLE THAT'S 

ABOUT 7 FEET LONG AND WEIGHS OVER

100 POUNDS EASILY.

IT WAS IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE AND PART OF THE TRIM ON

THE FRONT HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF.

SO I REMOVED THE WHOLE PIECE OF TRIM WENT TO LOWES AND GOT SOMETHING SIMILIAR 

AND REPLACED IT

I WANTED TO KEEP AN OLD RUSTIC LOOK TO

IT SO WHEN I SANDED IT I DID NOT REMOVE

ALL THE WHITE CHIPPY PAINT THAT WAS ON IT.

I LEFT IT.. 

I ALSO PAINTED IT WITH GREY AND DRY

BRUSHED ON LIGHT BLUE AND MORE WHITE.

THEN I ADDED WOOD STAIN TO DARKEN IT UP 

A BIT AND ADD TO THE AGED LOOK.

I HAD TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE

NEWLY ADDED WOOD TRIM TO MAKE SURE

THE PIECE ALL BLENDED IN.

I HUNG THIS IN THE UPSTAIRS OFFICE,

ABOVE MY DESK.

IT ADDS SO MUCH CHARACTER TO THE

ROOM AND I HAD SO MUCH FUN PUTTING

ACCESSORIES ON IT.

I FIGURED THAT ON HOLIDAYS I CAN DECORATE

IT DIFFERENTLY!!!

I CALL IT THE LOVE WHAT YOU DO MANTLE

BECAUSE THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT 

AS I WAS DOING THIS PIECE THAT I LOVE

REDOING FURNITURE.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF EVERYONE COULD LOVE

WHAT THEY DO OR AT LEAST HAVE A HOBBY

THAT YOU LOVE TO DO!!!

IT REALLY ADDS ALOT TO YOUR LIFE WHEN

YOU CAN FIND THAT SOMETHING.

OK , ENOUGH TALK I'M SURE YOU

WANT TO SEE THE PIECE.

HERE SHE IS AFTER.

SHES REALLY LONG SO HARD TO GET PICTURES...

I HOPE YOU LOVE HER 

AS MUCH AS I DO...

AND HOPE YOU DIDN'T MIND

SO MANY PICTURES I COULD'T

HELP MYSELF...