Looking for a useful home project this winter? How about designing and then building a beautiful wooden mantle for your fireplace?
Build a mantle like this yourself
Mantles can be as rustic as a log set in river rock or as refined as the most elegant piece of furniture. You can design and then build the perfect one for your fireplace with the help of this illustrated, step by step guide by Larry Walton, from the pages of Extreme How-To Magazine.
Extreme How-To magazine provides the latest information on tools, techniques and home-improvement technology for the extreme handyman. It’s a comprehensive resource for today’s do-it-yourselfer. Having the right equipment, materials and building strategies to complete tasks is of crucial importance. Answering this demand, Extreme How-To provides tips on everything from adding a room, creating a patio or refinishing a deck, to installing a window, building a retaining wall or reconstructing a floor.
Extreme How-To sets itself apart from other home-improvement publications not only with dynamic graphic design, but also with an editorial focus that challenges its readers with professional-grade projects. Their stories focus on the tough projects often relegated to remodeling contractors but doable for the seasoned handyman.
Read the step-by-step guide to see if you’re ready to take on the mantle building project >>>
