Railroad Tie Mantle

The beam from which the mantle was built is reclaimed from an old barnum bailey barn and refinished by a local craftsman who also added the locally picked rail road ties to complete the design.

Railroad tie mantle. This might mean yanking out old nails or touching up brick that had been buried. Rustic fireplace mantle brick fireplace makeover wood mantels rustic fireplaces farmhouse fireplace home fireplace fireplace design tv mantle mantles. This top decor video has title fireplace mantel railroad tie with label fireplace mantel. Built to resemble a weathered railroad tie this mantle is actually hollow save for the mounting system.

Love my new railroad tie mantel. Tear out whatever mantel you ve got. Measure how large you want your mantel and purchase the wood accordingly. Sand off any splinters and any dowels that stick up.

To give the space more dimension we furred out the surrounding area on which the slate was applied to create this inset of leathered black granite. Sand and distress your mantel. If your front facing board is in. Easy faux railroad tie mantel gather your aged wood.

Prep the wall for the new mantel. It is made from knotty pine wire brushed to raise the wood grain antiqued with a chain and curve necked hammer and stained a rich mahogany.