Perfect Mantle

Well, at least I think I found the perfect piece of wood to make a mantle.   I'm super excited and it was just by chance that I found it.

First of all, this is my ugly fireplace.   This is the one thing about the house that I truly hate.   I've even thought of taking all the rock off but I think if I can at least dress it up and hide those ugly square tiles with a unique mantle I'll be happy.  

Since the rock has so many different levels I decided that live edge wood is the way to go.  

It's 6' long and 3" thick.  Weighs about 30lbs so I can handle it myself.   It's so unusal and I love it.

Making the Garage Fancy

Well no one will even notice but me, but when I first moved all my treasures to the garage I stapled fabric over the windows and door.   The fabric over the door was a genuine pain in the ars because everytime I opened and closed the door it would get closed in the door.   Today I decided it was time to make some new curtains.   I also have been organizing my fabric and if truth be known I finally found the fabric I bought for the curtains.  Yep, this is the before...now you see why I need curtains.

I had 5 different windows and 1 door to make curtains for.   All done.

And here's the finished product.   They are made of green striped ticking.   Pretty sunnty out so you can't really see the true color.   They look really nice.

It's the Little Things

No one noticed but I new this little tiny piece of tile would drive me crazy if I didn't fix it.

Before

After

It's fixed.

After