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Reclaimed Heart Pine Surround and Mantel

Project by Aubrey posted 492 days ago 298 views 0 times favorited 7 comments Add to Favorites
Reclaimed Heart Pine Surround and Mantel Reclaimed Heart Pine Surround and Mantel Reclaimed Heart Pine Surround and Mantel Click the pictures to enlarge them

This is a project that I designed and built for a customer.

The fireplace originally had just an ordinary mantel with wooden corbels. No surround. The mantel was dwarfed by the overall size of the brick fireplace. The customer was unhappy and that’s where I came in.

I went over, took measurements, and spoke with the customer about what she, and her husband, would like to have as a replacement. When I sort of narrowed down what they were looking for I got to work doing some sketches.

I provided them with six different design possibilities, each with differing elements. They chose a relatively plain design.

The wood that I used is reclaimed heart pine. It was in a building that was 125 years old. I cleaned it well, lightly sanded it to remove some of the graying and to reveal the hidden color contained below.

I applied a couple of coats of boiled linseed oil and then topped it off with a satin varnish.

-- Jesus was a Jewish carpenter.


7 comments so far

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TomFran

2369 posts in 521 days


posted 492 days ago

Nice job Aubrey. I’ll bet it looks even better when you dim the lights and throw a couple logs on the fire.

Isn’t heart pine a real heavy wood?

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

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Karson

13159 posts in 928 days


posted 492 days ago

Great fireplace. It’s a nice job.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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MsDebbieP

12244 posts in 688 days


posted 492 days ago

with those bricks. you couldn’t only go for some old reclaimed wood. (well lots of choices, but this being the best)

it’s beautiful

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

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TruckGuy

7 posts in 665 days


posted 476 days ago

Wow, very nice. That’s a job the LOML wants me to tackle next.
Thanks for some great ideas!

-- Russ - Bloomingdale, IL

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oscorner

4573 posts in 838 days


posted 475 days ago

Nice design and job.

-- Jesus is Lord!

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mot

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posted 463 days ago

I really like this mantel. Nice use of reclaimed wood as well!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Jeff

91 posts in 475 days


posted 457 days ago

Very nice fireplace mantel, I build my mantel as well with reclaimed wood like your you did, but yours is much more inpresive than mine. Great craftsmenship

-- Jeff B.

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