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Build a Fireplace Mantel
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A fireplace is usually just a black hole in the wall until it is framed by decorative elements called a surround and mantel. The mantel makes the fireplace a focal point and sets the style for a room
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Chimney - Oak Cupboard Cabinet
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By Tom Hintz - During one of our mandatory weekly New Yankee Workshop viewings, Norm Abram built a chimney cupboard that instantly went to the top of my to-build list. Kitchen storage space is always an issue and this cupboard represented a partial, but attractive cure. Since our plan is to rebuild the kitchen cabinets in oak, the chimney cupboard became the first part of that transition.
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Custom Build Fireplace Mantle
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Pre-assembled fireplace mantels are available at many home improvement centers. However, you can save money and add your own personal touches by building and installing your own mantel.
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Custom Fireplace Mantle
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Customize the look of your fireplace by building your own mantel.
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Fence-style Fireplace Screen
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This free woodworking projects plans information is courtesy of the HGTV web site.
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Fire Place Mantle
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To finish off the living room cabinet/shelves/speakers project, I needed to replace the odd looking mantle that came with our house. Actually, I built the cabinets, then the mantle, followed a few months later with the shelve/speaker units to go on either end. For some reason it made sense to do it in that order
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Fireplace Makeover
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The fireplace is usually the main focal point of almost any room. If it?s an eyesore, it can bring the whole room down. Ron visits a Pacifica, California home to demonstrate how, with the right tools and a little bit of know-how, a fireplace makeover can make a home and hearth feel warm and cozy.
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Fireplace Mantel
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If you?d like to build a decorative shelf or mantel, you can choose from a wide range of materials such as red oak, poplar or #2 white pine. Although you can stain the oak and poplar, it?s generally best to paint pine
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Fireplace Mantel
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A fireplace is usually just a black hole in the wall until it is framed by decorative elements called a surround and mantel. The mantel makes the fireplace a focal point and sets the style for a room. If you have recently installed a zero-clearance fireplace or want to change the style of an existing masonry fireplace, you have two options: using a mantel kit or building one yourself. Here we show you how to build your own.
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Fireplace Mantel With Carved Corbels
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While not a lot in instructions are given, there are ample picutres and a few details to give an experianced woodworker the motivation to build a similar fireplace mantel.
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Fireplace Mantle
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This customized mantel is a simple extra touch that the fireplace area needed.
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Fireplace Mantle
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In this segment of HouseCalls, Ron visited Novi, Michigan, a western suburb of Detroit, where he was asked to drop in on the Coppa family to show them how to create a beautiful handcrafted fireplace mantel. Every existing fireplace design is different. Based on what the Coppas had explained to Ron over the phone, he was able to create a working plan of the project, before he arrived.
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Firewood Rack
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Build the outdoor firewood rack shown on the right with just a few tools using scraps laying around your shop!
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Flower Garden Theme Fireplace Screen
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This free woodworking projects plans information is courtesy of the HGTV web site.
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How to make a fire pit in your garden
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When I was a kid, August was the month of magic. We could ride bikes until after dark. And stay up late enough to watch Bewitched. And eat things that had trans fats in them.
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Red Picket Fence Fireplace Screen
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Make a screen out of pickets to decorate the front of a fireplace when it?s not in use.
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Replacing a Fireplace Mantel
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The original fireplace mantel was very plain, a length of 2X6 with some sash trim nailed around the edges. Do to the fact that the hearth was the same width as the outside of the fireplace it would have been difficult to instal a complete surround and have it look right. To give the mantel a sense of stability I decided to add the two corbels. The replacement mantel is basically two 3/4" boards for the top and three styles of stock molding attached to a 1X6 on each side of the corbels.
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Rumford Fireplace Plans and Instructions
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not necessarily woodworking but worth a visit
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Rustic Fireplace Screen
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A punched metal screen picks up the design from the light fixture in the kitchen and is nice in front of the fireplace when its not burning.
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Seashore Theme Fireplace Screen
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Renai Ellison demonstrates how to paint a wooden fireplace screen with a seashore motif.
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