| Project by Todd Thomas | posted 194 days ago | 1179 views | 2 times favorited | 9 comments |  |
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well here is the latest mantel/fireplace project of mine. Seems like I end up doing allot of mantels… This house was a gut from top to bottom…well we ended up keeping the floors…....the fireplace had paneling on it when we started..We sheet rocked the top part in and wired it for HD TV and built a simple little media center to the left of it and a bookcase to the right…...built the mantel, went for the arts and crafts look simple straight lines and put a dry stack stone on the bottom half. Turned out nicer than I can take pictures of :-(
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studie
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posted 194 days ago
I love mantles and fireplaces, I’m a wood stove guy as I make my own. The Mantle is super but what’s with the left cabinet with cleats on the wall to support the shelves? No disrespect meant but a side panel would look better to me. I really like the mantle & stone tho, was that your own design? Thanks for posting!
-- Studie
Todd Thomas
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posted 194 days ago
could you say that a little louder about the cleats…...looks a bit cheap/DIY to me….but the gal that was doing the colors/design asked if I could build it this way because she wanted to have the wall color show on it. Told her she could have the same thing with it built with a side panel but she thought that would look funny….go figure…oh well ..The mantel/stone/bookcase was ideas I had….they really give me a free run on most of the stuff…..nice clients to work for…..but I don’t pick out colors for paint…so they have a design gal…I’m on me 3rd house for them…..so I don’t fight her on many things….:-)
-- Todd, Thomas Construction - Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †
Janice
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posted 193 days ago
The fireplace is gorgeous! I love the built in bookcase too! As far as the cleats go, there is enough wall there to see the color. But hey, her choice not yours. It looks great. Even the floors!
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Beginningwoodworker
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posted 192 days ago
Looks good, Todd.
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BillyJ
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posted 192 days ago
Nice built-in. I like the mantel – your design?
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Todd Thomas
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posted 192 days ago
thanks for the kind words…yes the mantel is my design…...
-- Todd, Thomas Construction - Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †
2ol2rac
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posted 150 days ago
I really like your mantle, nice clean lines. Can you tell me type of wood and how finished? The paint work looks great.
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Todd Thomas
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posted 148 days ago
2ol2rac…I used poplar from the home depot….and the paint is 1 coat primer, sanded then 2 coats S/W Pro Classic Semi gloss….....sprayed….
-- Todd, Thomas Construction - Oak Ridge, TN, Hello my name is Todd and I'm a Toolholic, I bought my last tool 10 days, no 4 days, oh heck I bought a tool on the way here! †
PaBull
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posted 146 days ago
This came out nice, Todd!
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