Fireplace Mantle

Another very nice job. Simple but it did take some forethought.

-- " All Things At First Appear Difficult"

Very nice Lee, the tapered columns are really attractive.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Thank you Roger,

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Hi Dick,

Good to hear from you! Thanks for the nice comments!

I hope all is well is with your wife.

Lee

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Thanks for your concern, Barb is home now, but has to take it easy. It’s going to be a long recovery process. She is on the drug Coumadin, & has to have her blood tested today, & also see her Doctor.

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That’s real nice, Lee.

Interesting design perspective. I think my natural inclination would be to reverse those columns with the taper narrowing at the top. But what you’ve done looks much more interesting.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Dick,

Glad to here you have your wife back home. Since my wife just spent close to a week in the hospital, I know how that feels. (felt more like a month).

God speed on the recovery process.

Lee

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Hey Don,

Interesting idea. Never gave that a thought.

Lee

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Great Fireplase Mantel Lee. I nice job.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I also hope, & pray that your wife is doing well.
My comment on the columns, I don’t want to start something with Don, but I vote for your way.

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Hi Karson,

Thanks

Lee

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Thank you Dick,

She’s still being tested, but so far, so good.

As for the mantle, I go with what feels right, but who knows, that might have looked good too. I just never considered it.

Lee

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In some of the designing of furniture they tell you to look at what looks right. and what feels comfortable with your eyes.

In nature most things are smaller at the top than they are at the bottom. (A Tree) and also things are smaller in the distance, but when we see something that has proportions different, we tend to remember them more. (Towering Rock)

Both are good design precepts as long as the eye is comfortable.

Good job you didn’t put one up and the other down.

Then you would have had our eyes going in circles LOL

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

an interesting discussion on design elements.

Beautiful mantle. It really ties in well with the surroundings.

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Lee: Oh definitely going down…looks great this way…

Don…this must be a perspective thing since you are down under in australia, right? So the toilet water swishes out the wrong way too…how about your table legs? Down or up? Driving on the left side of the road?

-- Matt, Napa, CA...119 days to sanity...

Very eloquent fireplace.

-- Jesus is Lord!

Hi Karson,

Amen.

Lee

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Hi Debbie;

My approach, while done automatically, meaning no consideration, follows in the lines of thought that table legs are thinner on the bottom.

Hence my columns.

Thanks Lee

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Hi Matt,

Too Funny.

Lee

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Os,

Thanks buddy,

Lee

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Nice mantel. Santa would be happy to come down that chimney. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

Thanks Mike,

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Very nice mantle Lee. Gives me an idea for my son’s fireplace. Unfortunately he has a corner fireplace and the corner has stumped for a good idea. Your craftsmanship on all of your projects is outstanding.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Hello Bill,

Thank you for the kind words.

Your pens are exquisite! Great work.

Lee

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lee i was cruiseing the mantel page this one caught my eye . i love the birdseye . enjoyed the disscusion on the legs also !

Hi Verne,

Thank You,

I’m a big fan birds eye as well. I have a stash of birds eye veneer I bought, lust because I couldn’t pass it up!

And mixed with darker woods, like the mahogany here, it really stands out.

Happy Easter;

Lee

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