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Photo  10-04-2016, 07:40 PM
Hey everyone.  It's probably been at least 7 years since I last posted (having 4 kids and three moves in that time really cuts down on woodworking) - but I finally have something I wanted to share.

Before I painted our living room, I wanted to build a new mantle.  With so many young kids in the small house, I couldn't deal with demoing the brick and all the mess that came with that.  My solution was to encase the brick and built the mantel in place.  I borrowed some ideas from a bunch of different places and this is what I came up with.  Its poplar plywood and 1/4" strips with paint grade molding all from the orange box.

Thanks for looking!

BEFORE (There used to be a wall of mirrors in the space between the windows, which also used to have only simple case molding.

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Top Face
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A little help and side leg face.
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Rough face/base complete
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Ooops, skipped a few shots
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The final result

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10-04-2016, 09:07 PM
Nice. BTW, little kids are great sawdust movers aren't they.
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10-04-2016, 09:10 PM
What an improvement.  Well done.

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10-05-2016, 12:09 AM
Really nice finished product and I like that you found a work around that demo to keep the project from becoming a nightmare
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10-05-2016, 10:22 AM
Looks great. I like how you left the inside brick border.


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10-06-2016, 05:58 AM

Cool

I'm a fan of the brick, too.

Thanks for the pics.  I'm getting ready to retrofit an antique fireplace mantle/surround to our modern gas fireplace in our 12 year old home.  Your pics are helping the idea train get moving.
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10-06-2016, 06:06 AM
Well done, another vote for the small brick exposure...really turned out nice!
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10-06-2016, 07:29 AM
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10-06-2016, 08:51 AM
Thanks, I'm glad it helped.  I took inspiration from some of these posts I found online.

http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2013/09/hom...style.html

https://www.skiltools.com/How-To/Documen...Mantel.pdf
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10-06-2016, 12:51 PM (This post was last modified: 10-06-2016, 12:52 PM by tomsteve.)
looks great!!
but imo the best part is the lil helper!
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