We finished this a couple weeks ago, but I'm just now getting around to posting. Lots of stuff going on around here lately, including my mother moving in for a couple weeks since she's about to close on the contract to sell her house, and us ripping out nearly all the landscaping in the front yard to redo it (which I will get around to posting pictures of soon, hopefully). Oh and it's my last semester of undergrad. Yeah, sh!t's been insane.
Ta-da! Sure it took 5 months instead of two weeks, but overall I'm really happy with how it turned out.
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| Before. Not terrible, just kinda boring. |
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| After trying to remove the paint. The orange tint is dried on Citristrip. |
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| Down to the frame. |
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| New MDF, before we decided to replace the tile also. Legs are 1.5 inches wider on each side. |
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| Mantle #1. I hated it, the proportions were wrong. And it was ugly. |
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| New 2" x 2" travertine mosaic tile. |
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| Tile after grouting. |
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| Using painters tape to decide if I wanted to do detail trim on the front. |
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| Finished fireplace! |
Ta-da! Sure it took 5 months instead of two weeks, but overall I'm really happy with how it turned out.
