While living in Savannah I totally fell in love with the architecture of the buildings and especially the homes. One particular thing that really stuck with me was the way the bedrooms all had fireplaces. Especially because I was born and raised in Naples, Fl the idea of a fireplace in a bedroom was totally new to me. This led me to the conclusion that a fireplace was exactly what I wanted in our room and that I had to have it, no matter how impractical. I didn't want to spend a fortune though. Which just so happens to be exactly what all fireplace mantles cost. The only solution was to turn this into a little DIY project. I did some measuring and sketching and drew up some simple plans.
Here's my barely understandable scribble of a sketch. I showed this to Alex with car keys in hand ready to head to Home Depot to get my wood cut. First, he looked at me like I was crazy. Then, being the total left-brain that he is; he took my book, sat down, and drew up this. It's probably a pretty good thing that I have him.
To make it super simple, all the mantle really consists of is three rectangular boxes and a large thicker flat piece of wood on top to make the shelf itself. This is what all the wood looked like when we got home.
After screwing all the pieces together just like a puzzle we ended up with this..
We used pieces of crown molding and already made decorative accents from Home Depot to add some personality.
After that it was finally time to paint and decorate!
Both Alex and I are super pleased with the way it came out. It came out way better than I even imagined. We put some tiles we found at Home Depot as well on the floor and added some candles. All though it seemed like sort of a big project we got the whole thing done on one Saturday. It's a super fun addition to our bedroom and I can't wait to decorate it for fall and Christmas.
Oh, and sorry for the quality of the photos in this post. They were all taken on my iPhone and some pulled from my instagram.
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