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Fireplace Mantel Redo

May 5, 2010 By Colleen Jorgenson 3 Comments

Painted Mantel

This mantel started out bright white. Quite stunning, but just too stark on the muted rock wall.

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It really stood out in the room. And you really don’t want any one thing to grab your attention in a room. You want everything to ‘go together’, don’t you think?

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The first thing I did was add a greyish brown antiquing to the entire mantel.

The client had a scripture quote already picked out, so I just printed it out and transferred it onto the inset of the mantel.

Then I just simply filled the lettering in.

Painted Lettering on Mantel

What a difference the antiquing makes, doesn’t it? Now it looks like the rest of the room.

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Colleen

Filed Under: Antiquing & Distressing, Furniture, Glazing, Home Decor, my paintings, My Stuff, Paint Surfaces, Paint Wood, Techniques

Comments

  1. Jess @ Frugal with a Flourish says

    May 6, 2010 at 12:22 am

    Beautiful! Love it!

    Reply
  2. Maryann @ Domestically-Speaking says

    May 8, 2010 at 1:54 am

    Great job… fits the room much better… thanks for linkin’ it up to the POPP.

    Reply
  3. AugustusP_N5526 says

    May 9, 2010 at 8:06 am

    時間的銳齒能吃盡一切,唯獨對真理無能為力。 ..................................................

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