Maple Mantle

This mantle required very little fabrication. We bought three large chunks of maple and finished them - that was the extent of the woodwork. The difficulty was in mounting the pieces to create one long mantle to span the entire wall.




We had to bump out the middle section because of the chimney. We installed wooden dowels into the walls, and metal ones into the mortar in the chimney. Keeping the mantle level was also a challenge. It took 4 of us to lift the pieces and align the dowels in the wood before the glue dried.