05/28/2026
First thing first, this is not the fireplace this mantle was built for, it is my fireplace and it is smaller than the fireplace the mantle is for. Now I can talk about this mantle. It t was built to fit over the top of a brick fireplace. The fireplace did not have a wood top and the customer wanted a rustic wood mantle top. The wood is white oak from a 100 plus year old barn in Herman, Mo. The wood had turned this beautiful shade of brown from over 100 years of exposure to the air. It is truly seasoned by time. I put a coat of clear satin polyurethane on top of it. I was very happy with how this turned out.