Travertine Pt 3
To complement the credenza and half bath… Obviously some more stripping sanding and refinishing to go: Lovely!
Tag Archives: fireplace
The Renovation Vignette
Even those of us with major renovations occurring in their living room can create a fall vignette on their mantel. Ignore the unpainted walls, plastic on sconce, and the 90% […]
Recreating
Believe it or not our fireplace mantle use to be even more ornate. You can see on the sides a faint outline of pilasters that were ripped off for whatever […]
Polka Dot Delete
Fireplace, with white dots: Close up. It’s old wood putty that doesn’t match our newly stripped wood, probably filled in just before it was painted. I tried a few tools […]
Paint-Free Mantle
Presenting: the paint-less mantle! … after many hours of chemical stripping, sanding, and picking with random tools at the details. I had already spent a lot of time on this […]
Mantle Prep Wrap Up
Tonight we cleaned up the mess at the fireplace, and filled the slight gap btw the old plaster wall and masonry firebox with mortar… If we install a gas insert […]
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