I have not done much for Thanksgiving decor except show off my mercury glass pumpkins!
I am working on my Chirstmas decor now. It takes me longer to work on things now so I wanted to start early. Our living room mantel as was constructed and we beefed up with molding. I took the mirror and items off to start decorating.
This picture below, shows how we made an over mantel shelf cover so the decorations could be stapled, glued, tacked on to stay in place without damaging the original shelf. This shelf was actually screwed (with two screws towards the back) to make it more secure. This shelf is 2" larger all the way around so that things will fit better. Here it is unfinished, the wood is poplar that we happened to have in the garage (left over from another project).
Below: this is the shelf as I stained it dark mahogany (3 coats, last coat not wiped off) I saw a couple of finials at Lowe's and decided to attach them to the corners pointing them down to create more style.
This picture (below) shows a close up of the corner (after 2 coats of stain and not sealed yet)
Below: shows the cut outs that my husband made to accommodate the pilaster and the outlets that we have on that mantel shelf. The shelf here has the three coats and I waxed the shelf after it was fully dry (waited a few days). I used Briwax clear wax which hardens and can be rubbed to a sheen.
I played around with some of the items I worked on last year for the mantel look for this year, you can see how the shallow shelf didn't allow much on there.
Below, another look for the mantel.
Link back to my Traditional Tropical Blog
I am working on my Chirstmas decor now. It takes me longer to work on things now so I wanted to start early. Our living room mantel as was constructed and we beefed up with molding. I took the mirror and items off to start decorating.This picture below, shows how we made an over mantel shelf cover so the decorations could be stapled, glued, tacked on to stay in place without damaging the original shelf. This shelf was actually screwed (with two screws towards the back) to make it more secure. This shelf is 2" larger all the way around so that things will fit better. Here it is unfinished, the wood is poplar that we happened to have in the garage (left over from another project).Below: this is the shelf as I stained it dark mahogany (3 coats, last coat not wiped off) I saw a couple of finials at Lowe's and decided to attach them to the corners pointing them down to create more style.This picture (below) shows a close up of the corner (after 2 coats of stain and not sealed yet)Below: shows the cut outs that my husband made to accommodate the pilaster and the outlets that we have on that mantel shelf. The shelf here has the three coats and I waxed the shelf after it was fully dry (waited a few days). I used Briwax clear wax which hardens and can be rubbed to a sheen. I played around with some of the items I worked on last year for the mantel look for this year, you can see how the shallow shelf didn't allow much on there. Below, another look for the mantel.Link back to my Traditional Tropical Blog
