MANTLE FEATURE

JUST WANTED TO SEND A 

BIG SHOUT OUT TO 

TWO TERRIFIC BLOGS THAT

FEATURED MY MANTLE

THANK YOU SO MUCH STACEY

FROM EMBRACING CHANGE!

AND

KNICK OF TIME

FOR FEATURING ME!

I DREAM OF A MANTLE !

THIS MANTLE WAS MADE

WITH A SHELF I GOT

AT THE THRIFT STORE FOR

$4.99 AND I BELIEVE IT 

WAS 25% OFF THAT DAY, 

WHICH MADE THINGS EVEN BETTER.

THE PIECE WAS STAINED AND 

VARNISHED, AND IT WAS SCRATCHED

UP. IT WASNT THE LOOK OR

THE COLOR I WANTED!

THIS SHELF WAS THE PERFECT
PIECE I HAD IN MIND


WITH A LITTLE PAINT TO
GIVE IT THE WEATHERED LOOK,
SOME STAIN, AND 2 CANDLE 
HOLDERS I PURCHASED AT MARSHALLS
WHICH I WOULD USE AS THE 
BRACKETS THEY HAD THAT 
CORBEL LOOK TO THEM.

I WISH IT WAS THAT EASY!


HERE IT IS!

THE PIC'S WERE A LITTLE HARD
TO TAKE AS ITS DOWN IN THE
FAMILY ROOM AND I DID'NT HAVE
ALOT OF NATURAL LIGHT TO 
WORK WITH.

HOPE YOU LIKE IT
I HAD ALSO REDID THE
MIRROR ON THE MANTLE AND
THE OWL HERE'S
WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE
BEFORE...

THE MIRRORS COLOR WAS
ORIGINALLY A GLOSS WHITE
AND I WANTED IT TO MATCH
THE MANTLE SO I GAVE IT
THE SAME DISTRESSED LOOK
AS I DID THE MANLE.


I LOVE IT AND I CAN'T
WAIT TO DECORATE IT FOR 
THE HOLIDAYS.

IM OFF TO LOOK FOR MY
NEXT PROJECT!

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...