Basically, all calendar month long I've felt similar a five yr onetime waiting for Christmas morning.
First things first, a fiddling dorsum storey too a earlier picture.
As many of y'all know past times now, I receive got this fiddling 1970's river stone fireplace province of affairs going on inwards my living room. And past times 'little', I hateful it dominates the whole room. While at that spot receive got been times that I've thought close paradigm it or redoing it amongst something to a greater extent than current, at the terminate of the day, I approximate I've kinda grown to love the fiddling fella. Plus, the to a greater extent than I thought close it, the to a greater extent than I realized that I could piece of work amongst what I had.
Feel costless to feast your eyes on my outset effort at stacking logs.
So, afterwards a lot of piece of work too craftiness, hither is my fireplace today.
I barely fifty-fifty receive got the words to explicate what's going on, because I'm every bit good excited. You guys know I commonly merely gyre unopen to inwards pigment too experience similar I'm McGyver, thus pulling something off of this magnitude is totally novel territory.
Can nosotros merely crawl within the logs for a infinitesimal too sit down downward too utter adult woman to woman?
So sorry.
Anyways, I absolutely love the agency it turned out, too I love the agency it looks amongst the residue of the changes I made to the living room last week.
I've redone most of our living room using thrift shop finds, (You tin run into the residue of the living room disclose from finally calendar week here.) too the fireplace expanse is no exception.
You may receive got noticed that there's a sassy novel mantel hanging inwards a higher house my stacked logs. We looked everywhere for an affordable mantel too came upward completely empty handed
WHO are these people who aspect me to fork over $400 for a mantel? Uh uh. I volition NOT.
So, instead Jesse built i for close $20-$30.
It ended upward beingness pretty tardily to develop our own, too I'll part the total mantel tutorial rattling soon.
But seriously, didn't Jesse exercise such a peachy job?
Update: See the mantel tutorial here.
So, let's pause downward the styling details on the mantel.
Like I said, most of them are thrift shop finds.
Ya'll know I'm nonetheless trying to figure out this decorating thing, thus my outset fourth dimension EVER IN LIFE styling a mantel was kinda rough. It took me close 10 tries to larn inwards work. And when I say 10, I hateful 72.
You may receive got witnessed my excitement on Instagram when I industrial plant life this fiddling deer/antelope/whatever-it-is wooden carving for a dollar. I also industrial plant life that fiddling ornate gilded frame too a few bits of random art. I originally planned to run the floral impress on the mantel, but ended upward using that modest paradigm of the lake instead.
I painted the fiddling deer amongst my favorite gilded spray paint I run on everything (affiliate link).
And I paired him amongst a few mercury drinking glass candlesticks I industrial plant life at Marshall's.
I position my thrift shop paradigm inwards a mirrored frame I've been hoarding for awhile now, merely waiting for the perfect victim.
That miserable fiddling Bob Ross-esque paradigm never saw it coming.
I added a pretty silvery stoneware vase amongst a few stems cutting from whatever industrial plant life the Kroger lady cutting it from.
And I also added a fiddling handmade paradigm (similar to the large i I made here). It's the perfect gibe for my fiddling thrift shop frame.
Oh, too call back a pair of weeks agone when I industrial plant life all of the gilded mirrors at the thrift store? Well, that large i ended upward beingness the perfect size for the fireplace.
However, it was a fiddling every bit good orangish for my taste, (You tin run into what it originally aspect liked much meliorate inwards this pic that I took when I was trying to figure out how to manner the mantle).
So, I painted it (using an awesome tip my novel vecino gave me that I'll part soon).
So, straightaway let's larn dorsum to the stacked logs too utter close how to exercise it.
I've wanted to position stacked logs inwards our fireplace for years now, but ever thought it seemed kinda impossible.
Basically, I saw pictures amongst five i M 1000 perfectly stacked logs, drooled amongst longing for a minute, too and thus promptly ran the opposite agency crying amongst inferiority.
But then, I saw 
That beingness said, I must keep it real, y'all should know that this took me forever.
It wasn't easy.
I wanted to quit five times.
I got Liquid Nails inwards my hair....twice.
Jesse wanted to motion to Hawaii too never aspect back.
But, inwards the end, we're living happily ever afterwards amongst an amazing simulated fireplace.
It's the American dream.
So, here's how nosotros did it.
STEP #1: Cut logs.
Basically, you're going to request a i M 1000 to a greater extent than pieces of forest than y'all intend y'all could every peradventure need. At i point, I was Scrooge McDuck rolling unopen to inwards my coin pit of tiny logs, too and thus I used them all too nonetheless had 99% of my board to fill.
Don't count your McDucks earlier they hatch.
STEP #2: Bleach logs.
My logs were kinda a hot mess too all sorts of dissimilar colors. Bleach totally saved the day. Just dip your logs inwards bleach too lay them out to dry out inwards the Sun for a few days. This lightens them upward too makes them pretty too gets rid of whatsoever critters that are hiding out inwards your wood.
Don't skip this part.
Sooooo many critters.
STEP #3: Paint board black.
This was the gamechanger for me. It made this entire projection feasible. Rather than stacking a i M 1000 whole logs, y'all tin cutting fiddling pieces too gum them to a board that is cutting to gibe the opening of your fireplace. We genuinely cutting our board into 2 pieces too attached hinges inwards the middle since nosotros had uneven stones on the edges of our fireplace that made it hard to gibe a board within inwards i large piece. One the board was cut, I painted it dark amongst chalkboard paint. I chose chalkboard pigment since I had it on hand, too it's genuinely nighttime too has a apartment sheen. Basically, the dark paint creates the illusion of shadows too makes it aspect similar your log pieces are genuinely existent logs, stacked deep within the fireplace.
STEP #4: Nail larger logs to board.
I placed close twenty larger logs unopen to the board too had Jesse anchor them amongst nails.
A sugariness reader pointed out that Jesse is using screws. And straightaway y'all know why I allow Jesse accept over during this phase. Because I'm clearly out of my element. :)
I chose to exercise a mix of large too modest logs evenly spaced throughout the board. I attached my large logs amongst nails screws first, too and thus in i lawsuit those were all inwards place, I started filling inwards the gaps amongst the smaller logs.
I attached all of the smaller logs with Liquid Nails (affiliate link) too it worked similar a charm.
Here is a sentiment from the side of the board afterwards I had glued a bunch of logs into place. You don't run into whatsoever of the gum in i lawsuit the board is inwards place, thus gum 'til your fiddling heart's content.
And that's all at that spot is to it.
It's a genuinely fourth dimension intensive project, too although it isn't easy, it is do-able. And the best business office is, betwixt the mantle, stacked logs, too thrift shop styling, I intend this entire makeover damage me nether $100. And that makes me experience similar all of those belatedly hours past times myself inwards the spider garage amongst tubes of gum was totally worth it.
Emphasis on the spider garage too emphasis on the totally. :)
Thanks thus much for stopping past times today, ya'll!
I'm thus happy you're here!
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