Make A Beautiful Mantel From A Piece Of A Dresser
A couple of months ago, I found a mantel at a thrift store and put it in our living room after I gave it a makeover. It has been my favorite piece in our home ever since. After I posted that project, I received many messages from people who wanted the same thing, but were frustrated about the chances of finding a mantel like I did at a thrift store. The messages kept coming, so I knew we had to come up with a way to create a faux mantel easily and without spending a lot of money to do it.
Whenever I find the tops of old dressers or buffets, I pick them up. The last one we found came at the right time. It was when I was receiving all of the messages about wanting a faux mantel and this one was so big and ornate that I thought it could be turned into a beautiful faux mantel. We recorded how we made this mantel from start to finish and you can see that video here:
Once we had the faux mantel together, it was time to start painting it. I knew that once I painted this mantel, it would really come to life. I chose the color {aff} “Drop Cloth” Dixie Belle Paint.
Once the paint dried, I used my {aff} orbital sander to rough up the edges so the beautiful detail of the dresser piece would show.
I couldn’t be happier with this faux mantel. I love it so much that I tried to convince my family that we could leave it up in our back porch and not have the TV in there anymore. Even though they all thought it looked great, they weren’t excited about giving up movie night and game days in the porch.
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I love what you did and love the look but it has no dimension. A board in black filling the hole where where a real fireplace would be would make it look more real.
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Love this!
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