Cost skill level start to finish 2 days.
How to add a mantel to a stone fireplace.
A mantel on any fireplace serves as both a practical shelf and a personalized centerpiece to your home s living room and it makes a great addition to a stone fireplace that may not have originally come with one.
Install a fireplace mantel and add stone veneer facing.
Mantel options can be in wood brick stone or other materials though finely finished wood is quite popular.
Carter oosterhouse shows how to use this.
Although mantels can be purchased and added to a stone fireplace building these easy customized additions can save money as well as adding an additional decorative element to the home.
The new mantel is amazing and ties in with the the rustic modern theme we are hoping to accomplish throughout the house.
Install a fireplace mantel and add stone veneer facing.
The existing mantel was 3 feet wide and went to the outside fireplace wall so we couldn t remove it as it would have destroyed the integrity of the stone wall.
Use these instructions to easily give a fireplace a new mantel as well as a new stone veneer facing.
How to build a kirei board fireplace mantel.
Next i used a black marker to mark inside each of the three holes onto the stone so that i would know where to drill the holes into the stone.
Use these instructions to easily give a fireplace a new mantel as well as a new stone veneer facing.
Then i marked the center point on the 2 4 and the center point on the fireplace to make sure my mantel would be centered on the fireplace.
The process of attaching one is fairly straightforward despite the fact.
Mantels provide that rustic homey atmosphere while also adding space for photographs knick knacks and those special keepsakes.