Mantels - show me yours - I need ideas
 

I've got a bare fireplace - I need mantel/fireplace shelf ideas. Show me some pictures buds...

I'm not looking for a full mantel I'm more into the shelf style without the corbels.

My sister used to work for Hearth and Home. They supplied a lot of fireplaces and mantels for the TV show Extreme Makeover. Here is their site and the link to some mantels but there may be more links as there are several affiliated manufacturers. May get an idea from these examples.

http://www.hearthnhome.com/index.asp

http://content.hearthnhome.com/downloads/brochures/fsf_mantels_brochure.pdf

Well, you did ask...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1215141295.jpg

Probably not what you had in mind though.

Our old house had the wall as the main feature so the mantel was rather simple:
(Still under construction):
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1215147217.jpg

And fully dressed:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1215147181.jpg

WOW! that's a lot of stones to stack!

In old house (I made it myself):

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1215176167.jpg

In new house:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1215176192.jpg

Aurel