The Mantel

I wanted to post a few recent pictures. This was a birthday present for my Mother from her son-in-law Sean. Its really a funny story. Sean wanted to make Mom a mantel for her birthday (he is a cabinet maker). He had made this mantel for a couple's home some time back. The builder told him the couple was going to get rid of the mantel as they had been given an old one. Sean called up the couple and asked if he could have the mantel if he uninstalled for htem. They said yes. So with adjustments it was placed in my Mom's living room as a birthday present. Sean didn't even have to build a new one and he originally got paid to build this one! My parents were having most of the interior of the house painted so the painter was able to caulk and paint the mantel too. It look gorgeous!