fireplace mantel

By tkidder, member

Built a mantle for an older house in Oyster Bay, Long Island. I used mostly stock

mouldings except for the columns where i routed out the grooves. I used mostly construction adhesive, was afraid of cracking old bricks and mortor joints,

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