How to Build a Wood Mantel DIY
My mother in law recently decided to update her living room and trusted Nate and I to give her fireplace a little face lift. In order to achieve the look she wanted, we built her a new wood mantel! Before After painting First, I painted her fire place Valspar bistro white in an eggshell finish. Essentially, we just wrapped her existing mantel top with wood.For the top piece we used a 1x12. We measured and cut that to size, then nailed it into the existing mantel top using 1 1/2” b…