This mantel was distressed by hand to match the floors and stair treads of this home. It's scale fits the nearly 3-story fireplace and has enought weight to ground the space. A simple, affordable display of pillar candles is all this space needs.
Photo: Matt Edington
Builder: Robert Egge Construction
Masonry: Kelly Blanchard Masonry
When doing a stone wall with mantels/or shelves on it......which should you do first? - I am doing new construction, and I am hoping to do a stone wall similar to this. It will have a tv on it and hopefully some shelving on either side. Should I put the stone on the wall first, and then the shelves?
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Custom Home Planning Center Wire harness 1st for TV and speakers. Then spider lath and bed-coat of plaster w/brick ties. Since your example is mortar-less, you will have to high strength anchor concrete to connect the stone with the ties. As the stone goes up will have to block up you insert space for mantel brace. Concrete brick or block can be used to create set backs and to provide anchors for the wood. You might just cut the stone shorter in the TV screen area to create an appropriate finish space for future screen sizes.
Don't forget to run elec. to the mantel (route it into it), connection points for the screen in adding to a conduit for wire and power runs to the screen that can be accessed from below or behind. Always leave rip cord in the conduit for future pulls.
Shuffle Interiors This mantel is a solid fir beam, hand distressed by the buider and custom stained to match the floors. We do not have the stain formula on hand, my apologies. You would want to find a supplier or installer of quality finishes to achieve this look. Best of luck! Sarah
Shuffle Interiors This is a solid beam that was custom finished and distressed by the builder (Rob Egge). The same application was applied to the custom corbels. Hope this helps!
COASTROAD Hearth & Patio I don't doubt that these are battery operated, but the same effect can be achieved with a 110V, permanently mounted option: http://www.electric-candle.com/
If you wanted to achieve something like this, a competent fireplace professional should be able to put the mantel shelf and electric candles together for you.