How To Make Rustic Fireplace Mantels

Adding one piece of rustic reclaimed wood above your fireplace can give the room the warmth you re looking for.

How to make rustic fireplace mantels. Thus making random distress marks in multiple directions of the beam is a great idea to make the product look authentic. Use wood glue and finishing nails to attach the two boards together. Materials needed to hang mantel on brick. Diy rustic mantel supply list.

Low hanging rustic mounted mantel shelf on a stone fireplace. Attach with wood glue and finishing nails. Sander my favorite here. Steps involved in how to make a rustic beam mantel.

Fill the wood. If you want to spruce up your fireplace but don t want to spend a bundle of money buying a new mantle consider making your own fireplace mantel instead. Cut a board to size to fill the gap on the bottom of the mantel. Miter saw my favorite here.

Two 2 x 4 x 8. In either case we d definitely suggest taking a look at the way the shabby chic cottage made this lovely slim fireplace surround and mantel and painted it in a colour corresponding to the rest of their room for a little extra charm. I keep our home decorated very simply and i like a lot of straight lines which means that things are often easy to build. Attach with wood.

Make 45 cuts on two sides of your end caps. How to make a mantel look rustic. There is no particular method in which you can make the mantel appear rustic. Cut 45 miter cuts at each end on two of your 1x8x6 boards.

My finished diy rustic farmhouse faux fireplace mantel measures 63 inches long 51 inches tall and 8 inches wide. Aug 18 2019 explore cinthiajh s board distressed fireplace on pinterest. Measure and cut your end caps to size. Nailer my favorite here.

The rustic treatment of the natural wood. A cedar mantel shelf is adaptable enough to suit a rural country home or an urbane modern city apartment. Affiliate links provided for your convenience two 1 x 10 x 6 common pine boards. Chop the boards to give them the desired shape of the mantel use nails and glue to hold the boards in place perfectly smoothen the end of the wood beams to give a seamless appearance to the mantel space distressing the mantel beam is a crucial step to follow.

Glue and nail the boards in place. Making your own fireplace mantel is easier than you might think. The process of making the wood beams look rustic is more an art form than a science. See more ideas about paint furniture painted furniture and diy painting.

How to build a rustic mantel shelf from cedar. Cut the 10 boards to the appropriate length. I built this for the space that i wanted to fill so your measurements may be different.