This before and after comes from Julie. She bought my cute side tables a while back, and she was kind enough to share her awesome mantel make over.
I love a fireplace. We bought our house almost 4 years ago and loved the big masonry fireplace. What our poor fireplace was missing though was a good mantel. This did not deter me from buying the home. I simply thought “oh we’ll get one soon to put up there…no big deal”. Well guess what…it was a big deal. Everyone I saw in Home Depot or Lowes was just boring and didn’t seem to fit. I once bought a shelf to try but it wasn’t substantial enough. Then I decided to ask some contractors about it…their quotes were about $600. Um…no thanks…I don’t want to pay $600 for a mantel. But I really wanted one
Before
Then my good friend Robin asked what she could make me for my birthday. On top of my list was a mantel for Christmas. I have wanted to hang my stockings and have a beautifully decorated mantel every year. So she and I scoured the web and came up with a design plan. We headed out to Lowe’s and picked our wood and trim.
It’s done! And here it is all decorated for Christmas. I’m so happy! I sit and stare at it and I am so grateful that my friend loves me enough to build something so special for me for my birthday.
I love it! It looks like it has been there all along. I love a great success story don't you?
Go on over to Julie's blog to check out the rest of the story
So pretty! The two of you did an amazing job making it. It looks so great all decorated for christmas.
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