We have a super massice fireplace. Literally it's floor to ceiling with a 2 foot hearth and the entire thing is about 15 ft wide. Two problems i've had with the fireplace - no mantle and brass cover on the front. The brass cover is currently being hidden by old shutters. For now that is working. I have priced a 48" fireplace door set and it's not cheap. We are trying to decide what we are going to do about that. The mantle seemed to be the easiest solution. I bought this at lowes...
I painted it the same color as the trim in the house. TIm hung it a couple of weeks ago..instant love! It really made a huge difference to the fireplace. I immediately started decorating it!
(a quick side note...I used red glitter clothespins to hang our christmas cards (ok some of them since i ran out of clothespins) on the shutters for display! I like!)
I love the way it all turned out...the black and silver and red and white. yummy! (ok so it's not really yummy but it works well with the living room decor!)
Stay tuned and I'll post how I made the stocking hangers!
until next time...
S
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