{"id":19356,"date":"2011-11-01T14:32:34","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T18:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=19356"},"modified":"2011-11-01T14:32:34","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T18:32:34","slug":"d-i-y-stacked-wood-fireplace-mantle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/11\/01\/d-i-y-stacked-wood-fireplace-mantle\/","title":{"rendered":"d-i-y stacked wood fireplace mantle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19357\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DIY-Wood-Mantle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19357\" title=\"DIY-Wood-Mantle\" src=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DIY-Wood-Mantle.jpg\" alt=\"d-i-y stacked wood mantle\" width=\"525\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DIY-Wood-Mantle.jpg 525w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DIY-Wood-Mantle-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DIY-Wood-Mantle-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">smallnotebook.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While we were checking out ideas for making a <a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/11\/01\/fire-for-a-mantle-with-no-hearth\/#more-19225\">faux fire for mantle with no hearth<\/a>, we came across a<a href=\"http:\/\/smallnotebook.org\/2009\/12\/29\/building-a-stacked-wood-fireplace-mantel\/\"> clever d-i-y for a wood fireplace mantel made of stacked boards<\/a>. Take away the retro lamp and file drawer cabinet and it curiously stylish and modern. And although you can&#8217;t light a fire in it, you could (with care) use an array of votives in glasses or pillar candles along it&#8217;s hearth&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1678\" title=\"stacked-wood-fireplace\" src=\"http:\/\/smallnotebook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/stacked-wood-fireplace.jpg\" alt=\"stacked-wood-fireplace\" width=\"525\" height=\"508\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing what mantle does for a room, to give it a visual focal point and warmth \u00a0(perhaps the\u00a0<em>idea<\/em>\u00a0of fire resonating in some ancient part of\u00a0ourselves.)<\/p>\n<p>via <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetichome.com\/2011\/01\/03\/3-gorgeous-diy-faux-fireplaces\/\">Poetic Home<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Related posts: <a title=\"fire for a mantle with no hearth\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/11\/01\/fire-for-a-mantle-with-no-hearth\/\">fire for a mantle with no hearth<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2009\/04\/01\/mantle-no-hearth\/\">a mantle as furniture (no hearth)<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"fireplace as art (heike weber)\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2010\/12\/09\/fireplace-as-art-heike-weber\/\">fireplace as art (heike weber)<br \/>\n<\/a><a title=\"storing firewood indoors = firewood as storage unit\" href=\"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/01\/10\/storing-firewood-indoors-firewood-as-storage-unit\/\">storing firewood indoors = firewood as storage unit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we were checking out ideas for making a faux fire for mantle with no hearth, we came across a clever d-i-y for a wood fireplace mantel made of stacked boards. 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