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1. 
   Henley | Nov 06, 2008 03:08pm | #1

   That's very nice.

   Well done.

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   FatRoman | Nov 06, 2008 03:25pm | #2

   Really like those corbels. Remind me of a piano hammer.

   Nicely done and thanks for sharing!

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   Piffin | Nov 06, 2008 03:40pm | #3

   Your mason friend knows a good mantle guy, who knows a darn good painter!

   Great job

    

    

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4. 
   jagwah | Nov 06, 2008 04:11pm | #4

   Thanks guys. Interesting about the corbels, I hadn't thought about them looking like piano hammers. Very interesting.

    

    

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   jonblakemore | Nov 06, 2008 05:33pm | #5

   Did he spray with an HVLP?

    

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   jagwah | Nov 06, 2008 09:04pm | #6

   Believe it or not this was all brush! 

    

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   McDesign | Nov 06, 2008 09:15pm | #7

   Looks great!  I can believe it about the brushing.  With good technique and the right viscosity, you can get amazing results with brush or roller.

   Forrest

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   jonblakemore | Nov 07, 2008 12:15am | #8

   He is good. 

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   jagwah | Nov 07, 2008 03:13am | #9

   Funny tho, none of those beads were there before he started.8) 

    

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   jagwah | Dec 06, 2008 08:43am | #10

   Just an up date. The clients decorato finished and here's a nice final picture.

    

   

   
   

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   Edited 12/6/2008 12:44 am by jagwah

   
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   JoshRountree | Dec 06, 2008 04:23pm | #11

   Looks amazing!!!

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   Ted W. | Dec 06, 2008 04:46pm | #12

   Beautiful!

    

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   jagwah | Dec 06, 2008 05:42pm | #13

   Thanks guys.

   Not posting so much for ego but posting for yet another example of a mantle. Most of us here doing this kind of work only need a photo to stimulate what we need to do for ourselves. Ideas, ideas, ideas.

     

    

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   Carole4 | Dec 06, 2008 07:24pm | #15

   Nice!

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   DonCanDo | Dec 06, 2008 09:00pm | #16

   Very nice!  I like the corbels (if that's what they would be called).  Did you make them or buy them?  From where, if you bought them?

   I ask because I've done a few mantels, but I would like to do more.

   Here's one I did.  It's pretty basic, but I had size constraints.

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   StanFoster | Dec 07, 2008 12:52am | #17

   jagwah:    I havent had much time lately..but thought I would take a break and see what else is going on.  I love that mantle and the detail!  I called my wife over and she loves it as well.

   The hearth stone is the exact stone we have on our fireplace. 

   Nice job...

    

   Stan

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   jagwah | Dec 07, 2008 08:20am | #19

   Thank you very much Stan. 

    

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   jagwah | Dec 07, 2008 09:04am | #20

   Here's the photo that inspired the mantle. It's from FrontGate magazine. Sorry for the deleted post, i hope this photo is better to view. 

    

   
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   jagwah | Dec 07, 2008 08:20am | #18

   Looks great! I like a fireplace with movement. I did make the corbels.

   I started out with a photo from them out of a magazine and scaled the photo to get proportion. Something I learned as a kid. You apply a fine grid over the picture and through trial and error apply a scale and see how it works out. Scaling is easy since you can assume some dimensions. Then just add or subtract elements you do or don't like. Fortunately I found all the matching moldings. 

    

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   GraniteStater | Dec 06, 2008 05:59pm | #14

   And the dentil molding looks like little piano keys.

   nicely done... and that painter does have quite a touch!