I pinned a few more to show Rob and he was on board. The fireplace needed something more because it was just too blah. Originally I planned to carry it all the way to the ceiling on the fireplace bump-out but we decided it might be too crazy behind tv and this way we could cap it off with a mantel. We also realized once we started that lots of different wood tones/colors combined with our hodgepodge, random carpet tiles was just a little too much. It ended up getting painted white which I think turned out fantastic.
So we finally have a fireplace that we love- yay! And there is no more work to do for it- double yay!! Another really exciting part is that it didn't cost us anything thanks to the ridiculous amount of scrap lumber we have around here from all our other projects. The paint was leftover from all the trim we painted in the family room, so that was free and it matches perfectly. And now that I'm looking at it, I realize I should have turned the fireplace on before I took the picture. Dang it.
I do have a few comments/thoughts if anyone is thinking about doing a scrap wood wall project themselves. I think it would probably be a lot easier to do a blank wall than to do what we did. Having to go around the two corners of the bump-out was really tricky. There are outlets on either side of the bump-out that we had to go around too so make sure you think about any outlets or windows you need to go around and have a plan for that. Finally, it is just hard to be random. You want to end up with a random appearance but it is kind of tough to make it come out right.
Though it's not a new project exactly, I'm linking up with Nanette's Pinteractive party so anyone who looked at it before can see it all done now.
1 comments:
Shelby! That looks awesome! I love how it all turned out!
Tricia
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