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Ya'll, it's done. I'm hence excited to finally teach to portion what I've been working on amongst you lot guys. I started my mistaken stacked log fireplace over a calendar month in addition to a one-half ago, in addition to at times I thought I would never accomplish the destination line. So, maxim I'm excited is a ridiculous understatement.
Basically, all calendar month long I've felt similar a v yr one-time waiting for Christmas morning.

First things first, a lilliputian dorsum even out in addition to a earlier picture.

As many of you lot know past times now, I receive got this lilliputian 1970's river stone fireplace province of affairs going on inwards my living room. And past times 'little', I hateful it dominates the whole room. While at that topographic point receive got been times that I've thought most icon it or redoing it amongst something to a greater extent than current, at the halt of the day, I estimate I've kinda grown to love the lilliputian fella. Plus, the to a greater extent than I thought most it, the to a greater extent than I realized that I could function amongst what I had.

Feel complimentary to feast your eyes on my commencement endeavor at stacking logs.

So, afterwards a lot of function in addition to craftiness, hither is my fireplace today.

I barely fifty-fifty receive got the words to explicate what's going on, because I'm also excited. You guys know I commonly but whorl some inwards pigment in addition to experience similar I'm McGyver, hence pulling something off of this magnitude is totally novel territory.

Can nosotros but crawl within the logs for a infinitesimal in addition to sit down downward in addition to beak adult woman to woman?

So sorry.

Anyways, I absolutely love the means it turned out, in addition to I love the means it looks amongst the remainder of the changes I made to the living room last week.

I've redone most of our living room using thrift shop finds, (You tin encounter the remainder of the living room break from in conclusion calendar week here.) in addition to the fireplace expanse is no exception.

You may receive got noticed that there's a sassy novel mantel hanging higher upwards my stacked logs. We looked everywhere for an affordable mantel in addition to came upwards completely empty handed

WHO are these people who hold back me to fork over $400 for a mantel? Uh uh. I volition NOT.

So, instead Jesse built ane for most $20-$30.

It ended upwards existence pretty slow to gear upwards our own, in addition to I'll portion the total mantel tutorial rattling soon.

But seriously, didn't Jesse practise such a peachy job?

Update: See the mantel tutorial here.

So, let's suspension downward the styling details on the mantel.

Like I said, most of them are thrift shop finds.

Ya'll know I'm withal trying to figure out this decorating thing, hence my commencement fourth dimension EVER IN LIFE styling a mantel was kinda rough. It took me most 10 tries to become far work. And when I say 10, I hateful 72.

You may receive got witnessed my excitement on Instagram when I constitute this lilliputian deer/antelope/whatever-it-is wooden carving for a dollar. I also constitute that lilliputian ornate aureate frame in addition to a few bits of random art. I originally planned to purpose the floral impress on the mantel, but ended upwards using that small-scale icon of the lake instead.

I painted the lilliputian deer amongst my favorite aureate spray paint I purpose on everything (affiliate link).

And I paired him amongst a few mercury drinking glass candlesticks I constitute at Marshall's.

I set my thrift shop icon inwards a mirrored frame I've been hoarding for awhile now, but waiting for the perfect victim.

That hapless lilliputian Bob Ross-esque icon never saw it coming.

I added a pretty silvery stoneware vase amongst a few stems cutting from whatever flora the Kroger lady cutting it from.

And I also added a lilliputian handmade icon (similar to the large ane I made here). It's the perfect gibe for my lilliputian thrift shop frame.

Oh, in addition to think a distich of weeks agone when I constitute all of the aureate mirrors at the thrift store? Well, that large ane ended upwards existence the perfect size for the fireplace.

However, it was a lilliputian also orangish for my taste, (You tin encounter what it originally human face liked much ameliorate inwards this motion-picture present that I took when I was trying to figure out how to means the mantle).

So, I painted it (using an awesome tip my novel vecino gave me that I'll portion soon).

So, right away let's teach dorsum to the stacked logs in addition to beak most how to practise it.

I've wanted to set stacked logs inwards our fireplace for years now, but ever thought it seemed kinda impossible.

Basically, I saw pictures amongst v ane chiliad one thousand perfectly stacked logs, drooled amongst longing for a minute, in addition to and then promptly ran the opposite means crying amongst inferiority.

But then, I saw

That existence said, I must keep it real, you lot should know that this took me forever.

It wasn't easy.

I wanted to quit v times.

I got Liquid Nails inwards my hair....twice.

Jesse wanted to motion to Hawaii in addition to never human face back.

But, inwards the end, we're living happily ever afterwards amongst an amazing mistaken fireplace.

It's the American dream.

So, here's how nosotros did it.

STEP #1: Cut logs.

Basically, you're going to ask a ane chiliad one thousand to a greater extent than pieces of forest than you lot mean value you lot could every maybe need. At ane point, I was Scrooge McDuck rolling some inwards my coin pit of tiny logs, in addition to and then I used them all in addition to withal had 99% of my board to fill.

Don't count your McDucks earlier they hatch.

STEP #2: Bleach logs.

My logs were kinda a hot mess in addition to all sorts of unlike colors. Bleach totally saved the day. Just dip your logs inwards bleach in addition to lay them out to dry out inwards the Sun for a few days. This lightens them upwards in addition to makes them pretty in addition to gets rid of whatever critters that are hiding out inwards your wood.

Don't skip this part.

Sooooo many critters.

STEP #3: Paint board black.

This was the gamechanger for me. It made this entire projection feasible. Rather than stacking a ane chiliad one thousand whole logs, you lot tin cutting lilliputian pieces in addition to mucilage them to a board that is cutting to gibe the opening of your fireplace. We genuinely cutting our board into 2 pieces in addition to attached hinges inwards the middle since nosotros had uneven stones on the edges of our fireplace that made it hard to gibe a board within inwards ane large piece. One the board was cut, I painted it dark amongst chalkboard paint. I chose chalkboard pigment since I had it on hand, in addition to it's genuinely night in addition to has a apartment sheen. Basically, the dark paint creates the illusion of shadows in addition to makes it human face similar your log pieces are genuinely existent logs, stacked deep within the fireplace.

STEP #4: Nail larger logs to board.

I placed most xx larger logs some the board in addition to had Jesse anchor them amongst nails.

A sugariness reader pointed out that Jesse is using screws. And right away you lot know why I allow Jesse receive got over during this phase. Because I'm clearly out of my element. :)

I chose to practise a mix of large in addition to small-scale logs evenly spaced throughout the board. I attached my large logs amongst ~~nails~~ screws first, in addition to and then in ane lawsuit those were all inwards place, I started filling inwards the gaps amongst the smaller logs.

I attached all of the smaller logs with Liquid Nails (affiliate link) in addition to it worked similar a charm.

Here is a persuasion from the side of the board afterwards I had glued a bunch of logs into place. You don't encounter whatever of the mucilage in ane lawsuit the board is inwards place, hence mucilage 'til your lilliputian heart's content.

And that's all at that topographic point is to it.

It's a genuinely fourth dimension intensive project, in addition to although it isn't easy, it is do-able. And the best business office is, betwixt the mantle, stacked logs, in addition to thrift shop styling, I mean value this entire makeover toll me nether $100. And that makes me experience similar all of those belatedly hours past times myself inwards the spider garage amongst tubes of mucilage was totally worth it.

Emphasis on the spider garage in addition to emphasis on the totally. :)

Thanks hence much for stopping past times today, ya'll!

I'm hence happy you're here!

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The $30 mantel

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The easiest means to brand a pillow. Ever.

My favorite affair to human face for at thrift stores

What's happening on the other side of that 1970's stone wall.